From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Array and memory usage
Date: 12 Mar 2003 16:20:49 -0600
Date: 2003-03-12T16:20:49-06:00 [thread overview]
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In article <mailman.14.1047506652.308.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>, "Alexandre E. Kopilovitch" <aek@vib.usr.pu.ru> writes:
>>>Am I confused, or was the designer of Windwos confused?
>>
>>You want me to explain why Windows is designed the way it is?
>
> It seems that convoluted virtual memory policies appeared in VAX VMS,
> and Windows NT inherited (not surprisingly) from there.
The VMS memory management system supports "copy on demand" and pages
not supported by backing store. Of course it was more limited back
in the days of VMS V1, when Dave Cutler left the project.
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2003-03-12 22:04 Array and memory usage Alexandre E. Kopilovitch
2003-03-12 22:20 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
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2003-03-09 11:19 Preben Randhol
2003-03-09 11:52 ` John R. Strohm
2003-03-09 12:11 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-09 13:34 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-09 15:05 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-10 1:45 ` Mark Biggar
2003-03-10 11:57 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-10 12:06 ` Jeffrey Creem
2003-03-09 17:49 ` Robert A Duff
2003-03-09 17:04 ` Jeffrey Creem
2003-03-09 17:09 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-09 18:10 ` Robert A Duff
2003-03-10 15:13 ` Matthew Heaney
2003-03-10 23:33 ` Robert A Duff
2003-03-11 0:40 ` Randy Brukardt
2003-03-11 23:37 ` Robert A Duff
2003-03-12 19:18 ` Randy Brukardt
2003-03-11 16:01 ` Matthew Heaney
2003-03-11 17:38 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
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