[ 31 Dec 02 00:09, Dave Ings wrote to John Oellrich ]

 DI> I had a look at Rich's reference and all I can say is "ugh". Brings
 DI> back = unpleasant memories of past systems I've worked on as they
 DI> transitioned = from a lesser number of bits to a greater number.
 DI> Segmented = architectures are evil, and cause no end of grief for the
 DI> application = developer community.

(didn't read Rich's reference) Why?  IIRC, each process is still limited to
it's own 4GB address space (or 2GB, or 3GB, depending on your kernel/OS). 
Thanks to virtual memory, the fact that there is more is hidden by the
system, software shouldn't care.


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