On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 11:10:53AM -0600, Jeremy Derr wrote: : : All Unixes have Virtual Memory (although, not the same kind of VM : that's in OS 9). The VM in OS X serves to provide the Protected Memory : that makes OS X more stable than OS 9. OS X, like all Unix OS's, does : not function without this (or at least, does not function well).
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