On 23 Jan 2005 at 19:18, A-NO-NE Music wrote: > David W. Fenton / 05.1.23 / 06:56 PM wrote: > > >Applications don't call the VM. The OS does, based on the memory > >requirements of the applications the OS is running. > > Perhaps you would elaborate why a huge chunk of vm is set when certain > app is launched, while there are plenty of physical RAM is still > available?
Well, if the VM is written to "plan ahead" that might explain it. But it's not the app asking the VM for swap space, it's the VM reacting to the app's request for a certain amount of memory. That's a really crucial difference. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
