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Address space size and RAM are two different things.

• dataflow 8mo ago
  What they said is correct regardless of that though?
  • conradludgate 8mo ago
    The point the article makes is that a 32GB file can be mmapped even if you only have 8GB of memory available - it wasn't talking about the address space. So the response is irrelevant even if technically correct
  • lelanthran 8mo ago
    > What they said is correct regardless of that though? I don't think so. Their post is basically: >> It still works if the file doesn't fit in RAM > No it doesn't. Which is incorrect: it actually does work for files that don't fit in RAM. It doesn't work only for files that don't fit in the address space, which is not what the author claimed.
  • dekhn 8mo ago
    I'm pretty sure the parent post to mine was updated from "RAM" to "address space", although I'm not 100% sure.