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Date:      Tue, 2 Apr 1996 22:33:48 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Cc:        kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de, freebsd-current@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Huh? cc1 text file busy?
Message-ID:  <199604030533.WAA18246@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199604030029.JAA16572@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Apr 3, 96 09:59:45 am

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> Yeah, you tried to overwrite the compiler while it was running.  Bad Idea;
> remember we page executables out of their files on disk, not out of swap.
> 
> (We? Who am I kidding, it's JD and his bloody genius again 8)

I think you'll find that it was standard practice, even for 386BSD 0.1,
which is a Mach-derived VM.  This is typical of overcommit architectures.

JD has done lots of wonderful, innovative other stuff, though.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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or previous employers.



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