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I've used applications that will specifically allocate (available memory * x) or similar because they or their plugins can't handle ENOMEM or the Windows equiva

I've used applications that will specifically allocate (available memory * x) or similar because they or their plugins can't handle ENOMEM or the Windows equivalent, and they do not want to swap.

poizan42 7y ago
Those applications were broken anyways, see https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20120118-00/?p=8513 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20120118-00/?p=85...
- nitrogen 7y ago
  Isn't that basically what browsers do these days?