Re: A89: Ram vs. Archive
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Re: A89: Ram vs. Archive
In a message dated 99-10-08 21:37:52 EDT, you write:
> It could, potentially, work like a computer's hard drive, and it DOES with
> the DoorOS Final Betas. When a program is to be run, it is moved from the
> "hard drive" - the archive - to the RAM and executed. When it is done, it
> is copied back to the archive. This is DIFFERENT from previous versions of
> doors, where the program was NOT copied back to the archive. I don't think
> that Xavier is sure which way he's gonna leave it in the end as the new
> method creates some complications.
Is this why whenever i typically run a large archived program (ie:smq) or in
some cases even a small program not much more than 3k, w/ plenty of archive
space free, i get a "warning: about to garbage collect archive" message upon
exit of the program...if i select yes then it garbage collects (can't be too
healthy to garbage collect every time a program is run) and then returns back
to the shell...but if i select no it gives a memory error and exits BUT W/O
re-archiving the program??? oh, and what complications then are you
referring to?
...Steven