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Suppose it is a technicality, but if it can't handle large (larger than available memory, that is) files [0], it's not a pager. [0] https://github.com/noborus/
by throwawaybutwhy 4y ago
Suppose it is a technicality, but if it can't handle large (larger than available memory, that is) files [0], it's not a pager.
[0] https://github.com/noborus/ov/issues/201 https://github.com/noborus/ov/issues/201
- benj111 4y agoIt is a technicality and it is still a pager.
- throwawaybutwhy 4y agoYou are right, of course, and I stand corrected, performance and/or ability to fully replace less have no bearing on whether a program is a pager.
- VWWHFSfQ 4y agoNah I still wouldn't call it a pager. They used the correct term themselves as "text viewer".
- noborus 4y agoI see memory efficiency as an issue, but not as a priority issue as it was 30 years ago.
- ktpsns 4y agoIn data science/industry it frequently happens for people to open files bigger then the available memory in less. "Big data" is a somewhat independent concept of the fact that RAM was smaller 30 years ago.