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From: ra_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Re: Outline fonts/virtual memory (was System 7.0 Q & A)
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Date: 12 May 89 19:38:13 GMT
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In article <24359@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, edmoy@violet.berkeley.edu writes...
> 
>In 7.0, virtual memory will not provide memory protection, though this is
>promised for some future release.  Yes, multiple processes will run under
>MultiFinder (regular Finder by itself is not supported any more) in a single,
>large virtual memory space.
> 
>The reason Apple gave for this is that it was too large a step to take to
>provide virtual memory, memory protection and true preemptive multi-tasking
>as too much software would break.




But won't that same software break when System 8.0 comes out (assume 8.0 has
memory protection/preemptive MT)?  Or is Apple releasing/has released
guidelines so that all future software won't break, and 8.0 will be far enough
in the future that much of the software present when it's released will have
been written since the new guidelines went into effect?



Robert
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