On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 8:15 AM Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> On 2021-09-10 14:06, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: > > The windows heap is much more prudent than UNIXy counterparts it would > > seem - where UNIX heaps will happily leave plenty of free space (which > > the heaps know about and thus can re-use), Windows appears to avoid > > that like the plague (which I'm sure is the case for lots of > > historical reasons and backwards compatibility). [ To give a very > > rough analogy, the map of used space in a heap on windows is like a > > block of cheddar; whereas on UNIXy systems it will be like a block of > > edam ]. > > I of course meant 'Swiss', not 'Edam'! Thanks for the clarification. I feel like I have a decent understanding of cheeses, but I couldn’t figure out how cheddar and edam were different in this analogy :-) -- Trevor DeVore ScreenSteps > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode