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From: minich@d.cs.okstate.edu (Robert Minich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: New Macintosh Strategy
Message-ID: <1990Oct31.034316.22402@d.cs.okstate.edu>
Date: 31 Oct 90 03:43:16 GMT
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Distribution: comp.sys.mac.hardware
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by brendan@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Brendan Mahony):
| There have been several replies to this, mostly along the lines of what
| I want is what I need, and I want VM because ..., usually larger memory
| capacity. A point that seems to be missed is that whilst the greater
| memory of VM is useful, the protected memory is ESSENTIAL for people doing
| real work on their multifinder machine. It money depends on it, you
| cannot afford to have one process go wild and destroy the memory
| allocated to other processes.

Sorry, but VM does not equal protected memory. You can have neither,
one, or both. Sys 7 will offer only VM... I would rather have protected
memory any day, but VM is probably a whole lot easier to tack onto an
existing OS.

| Another point is that VM reduces the complexity of the code writing
| process, which cannot be bad for the end user. If makes things easier
| for the programmer you need it.

Wow, with more memory to work with, I'll be inspired to create really
good code. This is going to be great!  While some programming
constraints may be eased, lots of RAM (real or otherwise) does not in
and of itself make programming too much easier. A redesigned OS based
on OOP technology would go a whole lot further in that respect. Since
1984, the Mac has only had the look of OOP without its heart. More
recently, MacApp and the TCL have helped fill much of the gap but a more
fundamental redesign of the OS would do wonders.

Just my opinions...
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