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RE: [tlug] A Swap Question



Joe Larabell writes:

 > programs don't have any control over swap -- they just eat up memory.
 > The O/S then uses swap to give the programs the impression that they each 
 > have a near-infinite memory space (at least to the extent of the physical 
 > RAM).

s/RAM/address space/

Otherwise, a bravura performance!  Nice summary.



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