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Re: CompactMem from a CDA



In article <1993May20.021909.6340@gallant.apple.com> David A Lyons
<dlyons@apple.com> writes:

>Mac heaps get compacted individually.
>
>Even if they didn't, there is no problem with cooperative multitasking: 
>Processes are switched out *only* when they call GetNextEvent or
>WaitNextEvent, which are allowed to move memory.

Please don't tell me A/UX is cooperatively based :)  Not that I forsee
using it in the near future...

>David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc.      |   DAL Systems
>Internet:dlyons@apple.com                 |   Cupertino, CA 95015-0875
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