Re: Swap overcommit (was Re: Replacement for grep(1) (part 2))

[Daniel C. Sobral]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> What it so evil about having a reasonably intelligent malloc() that
> tells the truth, and returns unused memory to the system? Overcommit
> is for lazy programmers, plain and simple. At least the SGI documentation
> about overcommit admits that (or at least, did at one time).

Yes. So is high-level languages, as a matter of fact. True
memory-conscious programmers will never use anything besides
assembler.

--
Daniel C. Sobral                        (8-DCS)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

        "Would you like to go out with me?"
        "I'd love to."
        "Oh, well, n... err... would you?... ahh... huh... what do I do
next?"




To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message