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From: rob@array.UUCP (Rob Marchand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple Ada
Message-ID: <496@array.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 22-May-87 16:39:05 EDT
Article-I.D.: array.496
Posted: Fri May 22 16:39:05 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 23-May-87 04:33:54 EDT
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Summary: Re: Apple Ada?  How about VM with floppies....

In article <3176@ecsvax.UUCP>, ranger@ecsvax.UUCP (Rick N. Fincher) writes:
> In article <8705131249.aa17025@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA>, jshaver@APG-5.ARPA (John Science Fiction & Resume Service Shaver) writes:
> > the Intel 310.  A full up Ada will require a mini, not a micro.
> Why the only thing a mini can do that a micro cant't do (as well) is support
> multiple users.  The //gs can go up to 8 MB of memory.  Even 64K machine
            ............

> operating system, annually, not to mention the cost of application software
> which is usually inferior to micro software anyway.
> No thanks, I'll keep my Apple.
> Rick Fincher
> ranger@ecsvax

When I was doing my Master's course work, I recall reading about an
implementation of Prolog (which can be a real memory monster for long
unification searches) on an Apple II+, using two Disk II floppy drives
for Virtual Memory!  Whew!   Page out....(go for lunch)....Page In,
Page Out .... (go for supper)... etc.....  Can you imagine how much
fun this would be for something that used up stack space (I'm talking
Prolog stack here) like there was no tommorow?  Was an interesting
article 'though.  (can't remember authors or title just offhand...)
Yep, I guess we're just spoiled now...
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