It is definitely Friday the 13th. I believe you need a break this weekend, as computer arch is more than going to your head *g* I suggest several 12 oz curls, in rapid succession, followed by significant partner interactions, and then mega sleep. I am following this plan myself. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary Gorsline Easy Business Software ========================== End of Message ==========================
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 5:35 PM Subject: Re: Is MemMove a copy? > Memory in either the dynamic heap or the storage heap is *both* > constantly moved and copied. > > Since the Earth is both rotating and revolving around the Sun, the memory > is any PalmOS handheld on the planets surface is moving at several thousand > mph. Also, since DRAM is used for both the dynamic and storage memory in > current models, all the data is destructively read and rewritten several > times a second (the "D" in DRAM means dynamic, which requires periodic > refresh cycles). So all data in memory is a copy after a few milliseconds. > > The MemMove function allows another additional copy of the data to be > written (in the non-overlapping case). > > ( perhaps I've been reading too much comp.arch ... :-) > > Ron Nicholson > HotPaw > <http://www.hotpaw.com/rhn/hotpaw> > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
