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Your version isn't very true though. Most operating systems have virtual memory.
by speedgoose 6y ago
Your version isn't very true though. Most operating systems have virtual memory.
- Koshkin 6y agoSome things should be left out until the kids grow up a little. (Otherwise you would have to describe gruesome details of swapping and memory mapping and how dereferencing a pointer might trigger reading from disk etc.)
- frabert 6y agoA newcomer can assume virtual memory = physical memory without any problem. Hell, anyone who's not doing kernel dev can do that. I do it all the time.
- speedgoose 6y agoI usually prefer to not mention something immediately rather than teaching something wrong.
- enriquto 6y agoThis is like explaining general relativity to people who don't know yet newtonian mechanics.