[A86] Re: FRAG!
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[A86] Re: FRAG!
You would think that reordering the memory each time a varable was resized or
deleted would slow things down.
Quoting TGaArdvark@aol.com:
> Not exactly. Exactly true for flash, but not for RAM.
> RAM is never fragmented in the first place. Variables
> are all kept contiguous. The 86 doesn't have or need
> a defragmenter. When variables are added, altered,
> or deleted, it immediately deals with the change in
> used RAM.
>
> In a message dated 3/21/01 6:04:35 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> david@acz.org writes:
>
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> > The 86 does have a memory defragmenter. In fact, all of the TI graphing
> > calculators do. You'll notice that on the flash ones, after you've
> deleted
> > a lot of stuff, it will ask to run garbage collection (i.e. memory
> > defragmentation). The only reason the flash ones ask is because it
> involves
> > writing to the flash memory more times than normal (you can write to
> regular
> > ram as many times as you want).
> >
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"Hope for the best."
"Prepare for the worst."
"Be glad when it doesn't happen."
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