Re: Disk Thrashing!?! HELP!

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From: Thomas Weigert
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 04:21

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PMS> Can anyone explain why Gnu Smalltalk on my machine seems to swap
PMS> constantly ?? Even with very simple programs that are not disk
PMS> intensive, Smalltalk seems to access the disk continuously (and
PMS> is horribly slow on very simple tasks).

I observed the same behavior on a 32MB MacII, a 32 MB DecStation 5000, and
an 16MB Apollo DN4000. Judging from people reporting use of gnu smalltalk
it appeared to me that my problem was isolated, and I just decided to wait
for 1.2, hoping that somehow the thrashing would go away. 

Cheers, Thomas.



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