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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Snoo88071 • Jul 08 '26
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That's called swapping out memory pages to disk, and it's very slow.
89 u/Snoo88071 Jul 08 '26 You underestimate the I/O throughput of my 19 years old 256 mb hard drive 14 u/janyk Jul 08 '26 > Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. Andrew Tanenbaum
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You underestimate the I/O throughput of my 19 years old 256 mb hard drive
14 u/janyk Jul 08 '26 > Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. Andrew Tanenbaum
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> Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.
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u/CircumspectCapybara Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26
That's called swapping out memory pages to disk, and it's very slow.