Shevek wrote:
>If you want to make a new memory-configuration, and it should be
>multitasking (please, make it linux-like and not windows-like),
I agree with this.
>I have a
>tip for you that most pc-programmers will not agree with:
>Make it possible to use segments.
NOOOO!! Not segments!!! :(
>(I don't know why pc-programmers always say
>segments are the worst thing ever invented...)
Well, maybe because they KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT!? Segments are
about the crappiest thing you can imagine...
Z380 allows fully relocatable programs, it has JR and CALR (CALL relative!)
that can jump 8MB in either direction!
Greetz,
Patriek
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