Who needs files?

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1 total messages Started by darrell Tue, 10 Mar 1987 15:58

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Author: darrell
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1987 15:58

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Some people call RAM "fast memory" and disk "slow memory" (and tape
"very slow memory").  With large address spaces and virtual memory, who
needs files?  Why not define all storage as extended memory structures
that may be loaded as needed.  I realize that this is the de facto
effect of paging systems, disk-caching, sparse addressing,
runtime-loadable modules and workspace-oriented environments...why not
make it de jure?

This model would be inappropriate for some environments, but many small
systems (32 bits && < 4Gbytes storage) would fit just fine.
Non-inflammatory comments please....
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