From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 11 08:42:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA24756 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 08:42:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from mother.sneaker.net.au (akm@mother.sneaker.net.au [203.30.3.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA24727 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 08:42:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from akm@mother.sneaker.net.au) Received: (from akm@localhost) by mother.sneaker.net.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA01409; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 03:45:47 +1100 (EST) From: Andrew Kenneth Milton Message-Id: <199712111645.DAA01409@mother.sneaker.net.au> Subject: Re: This IS relevant, you'll realize why later. To: jlemon@americantv.com (Jonathan Lemon) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 03:45:46 +1100 (EST) Cc: toor@dyson.iquest.net, jamil@acroal.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19971211090510.50776@right.PCS> from "Jonathan Lemon" at Dec 11, 97 09:05:10 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk +-----[ Jonathan Lemon ]------------------------------ | | 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. -- ,-_|\ SneakerNet | Andrew Milton | GSM: +61(41)6 022 411 / \ P.O. Box 154 | akm@sneaker.net.au | Fax: +61(2) 9746 8233 \_,-._/ N Strathfield +--+----------------------+---+ Ph: +61(2) 9746 8233 v NSW 2137 | Low cost Internet Solutions |