Re: Disk Thrashing!?! HELP!

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From: Patric M Stickler
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 15:27

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In article <WEIGERT.92Aug10132130@etlhit.etl.go.jp> weigert@mcs.anl.gov writes:
>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. 
>

And when is 1.2 going to be available...???

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