release 0.0.0.20 and thoughts
Billy Tanksley
tanksley@mailhost2.csusm.edu
Tue, 22 Aug 1995 14:10:06 -0700 (PDT)
On Tue, 22 Aug 1995, Tommy Hallgren wrote:
> > On Fri, 18 Aug 1995, Tommy Hallgren wrote:
> > > Billy Tanksley wrote:
> > I didn't say that VM was slower in any universal sense. It does slow
> > certain things down at certain times, though (for example, while it's
> > swapping).
> The alternative to swapping is 'Out of memory'. :-)
No, I'm not arguing against swapping. I'm arguing for timed swapping.
The alternative to swapping now is... swapping later! (Or, possibly,
planning ahead and swapping before.) At any rate, you need a proof
system for that.
-Billy