On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Daniel Koepke wrote:
> Not that "manual memory paging" hasn't been suggested before; check
> the archives. I believe the argument against it has always been that
> most operating systems already do automatic memory paging that is
> infinitely more efficient than anything that could be done in
> software (over the kernel). From my point of view, since Win95 and
> UNIX operating systems will do disk swapping when it is needed.
The big advantage is the *appearance* of using less ram. That could be a
big deal for people paying by the meg or close to their quota on a
commercial mud host.
Sam
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