Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 03:45:46 +1100 (EST) From: Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@mother.sneaker.net.au> To: jlemon@americantv.com (Jonathan Lemon) Cc: toor@dyson.iquest.net, jamil@acroal.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: This IS relevant, you'll realize why later. Message-ID: <199712111645.DAA01409@mother.sneaker.net.au> In-Reply-To: <19971211090510.50776@right.PCS> from "Jonathan Lemon" at Dec 11, 97 09:05:10 am
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| Hmm. One of my professors was claiming that with 128 bits, you would have
| an address space of 2^128, which would be large enough that you could do
| away with virtual memory altogether.
...
| Somehow, I don't quite buy the argument.
Perhaps because the amount of bloat in software grows exponentially until it
consumes all available resources. Or maybe you've just used Microsloth
products too long.
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