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Re: The Quake Guy Talks

Author:Jock Murphy
Posted:1/11/1999; 12:45:31 PM
Topic:The Quake Guy Talks
Msg #:2000 (In response to 1993)
Prev/Next:1999 / 2001

The only other OS that I can think of that requires the user to statically allocate the amount of memory a task will be given was developed in the 1950's by IBM.

Tasks should be able to increase (and decrease) the amount of memory allocated to the program, based on the needs of that program at runtime. Ironically MacOS 6 w/MultiFinder did this correctly.

Every programmer needs to be disciplined in the use of memory, but that does not excuse the OS from the need to do it right.

--Jock

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