Re: [hackers] Re: Setting memory allocators for library functions.

[Peter Seebach]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Finch writes:
>fork() with big data segments that cause swap to be reserved in case
>of a copy-on-write. The 2GB of swap is never actually used, but you
>still have to have it.

That's a good point.  So, we should warn people that asking for memory
committments, having huge data spaces, and forking, is dangerous or stupid.

:)

-s

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