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"Page" is OS terminology. "Arena" is Go terminology. An arena is made up of sequential pages. Go asks the OS for 64MB of sequential memory, and calls that 64MB
by mort96 8mo ago
"Page" is OS terminology. "Arena" is Go terminology. An arena is made up of sequential pages. Go asks the OS for 64MB of sequential memory, and calls that 64MB chunk an arena; this is consistent with the text you quoted. It is not incorrect.
- lucketone 8mo agoCunningham’s Law in action (thanks for the summary)
- burntcaramel 8mo agoThank you, I stand corrected! I must have been tired originally reading this.