On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Angus Mezick wrote:
> hmmm.... I wonder if OS's will swap out sections of executable that
> aren't being used? Anyone know if this happens, or is it just a pipe
> dream and only happens with, maybe, the world code.
Linux will swap your whole program out if it's not being used and it needs
memory. I'm assuming other sane programs do the same. (Think of Microsoft
Word 97, an 8 MB executable file...)
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