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> If big main memory gets REALLY cheap, maybe we won't need virtual memory any 
> more.  Most jobs could just grab a partition of core and live there till they
> die.  Another partition could be used to run a virtual machine in for bigger
> jobs,  which perhaps could be run as batch jobs in off-hours more profitably...
> 
> Peter S. Shenkin	 Columbia Univ. Biology Dept., NY, NY  10027
> {philabs,rna}!cubsvax!peters		cubsvax!peters@columbia.ARPA

I think my definition of virtual memory might be out of synch with
others.  Cheap large memories mean that we would be able to do away
with demand paging.  We would still need address translation unless
every process was written in position independent code (no address
constants at assembly/compile time etc.)  Does virtual memory imply
demand paging or just address translation?
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