From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,6b3ebf057333800c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!213.200.89.82.MISMATCH!tiscali!newsfeed1.ip.tiscali.net!news.tiscali.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!newsfeed01.chello.at!newsfeed02.chello.at!news.hispeed.ch.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-Id: <1926603.Eoq50B7aLd@linux1.krischik.com> From: Martin Krischik Subject: Re: virtual memory, was Re: Largest size array in Gnat 2005 for the PC? Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:17:44 +0100 References: <4726d889$1@news.post.ch> <8P-dnbw2Ydw2y7ranZ2dnUVZ_qOknZ2d@comcast.com> User-Agent: KNode/0.10.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@hispeed.ch Organization: hispeed.ch NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.75.167.107 (84.75.167.107) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:19:54 +0100 X-Trace: 95753472783daf1ee02ce02747 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:2651 Date: 2007-10-30T20:17:44+01:00 List-Id: tmoran@acm.org wrote: >>How much virtual memory does your computer have? > I wonder how many programmers today have any experience with the > judicious use of virtual memory. PC users almost always buy enough > physical memory to satisfy all their apps, and with 32 bit machines > that was cheap and easy. > There will probably also be a learning curve as todays' programmers > find out what "judicious use" means w.r.t. multiple CPUs. Yes indeed. Actually my comment was meant with a little sarcastic twist. ;-) Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net Ada programming at: http://ada.krischik.com