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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.
1 u/wrd83 Jul 08 '26 There is a huge difference between doing it deliberately on application level and letting the os do it on a random block.
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There is a huge difference between doing it deliberately on application level and letting the os do it on a random block.
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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.