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Correct. 'Segments' are the Proper Unit to think about a bag of bits doing a computation; pages sitting under segments is how VM systems worked to only load th
by GeorgeTirebiter 9mo ago
Correct. 'Segments' are the Proper Unit to think about a bag of bits doing a computation; pages sitting under segments is how VM systems worked to only load the active parts of segments; that's kind of what defined Demand Paging. We have got to get back to the garden here, we need to start valuing security and safety at least as much as raw speed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multics?useskin=vector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multics?useskin=vector Tagged memory, Capabilities (highly granular), and, yes, segments. Probably needs a marketing refresh (renaming) so as to not be immediately discarded.