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- From: gcaine@cycor.ca (gcaine)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Why Amiga sucks and why it does't
- Date: 25 Jan 1996 15:28:00 GMT
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- >Down side of memory protection: say goodbye to Amiga's efficient
- >multitasking and resource sharing. Passing a message from one program to
- >the other (ie, AREXX) would under the above model cause a SERIOUS
- >violation of memory as program A created the message, what's program X
- >doing READING it? Uh oh, shut it down!
-
- And that is my biggest problem with memory protection. If a way around
- it can't be found, I hope they don't include memory protection at
- all.
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- After all isn't the Amiga's multitasking, and resourse tracking what
- the Amiga's all about?
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- Gary Caine Member: Team AMIGA
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