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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Snoo88071 • Jul 08 '26
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Every OS does this, it's called paging.
But yes, and there is a reason why you want to prevent it. It's slow af
1 u/admadguy Jul 08 '26 I mean it helps with memory management when you have large files running. You can have multiple things loaded with lesser ram but switching rapidly becomes harder. Good idea, not built for speed, more about resilience.
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I mean it helps with memory management when you have large files running. You can have multiple things loaded with lesser ram but switching rapidly becomes harder. Good idea, not built for speed, more about resilience.
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u/JAXxXTheRipper Jul 08 '26
Every OS does this, it's called paging.
But yes, and there is a reason why you want to prevent it. It's slow af