jack@citcom.UUCP (Jack Waugh) (11/22/87)
My only exposure to Smalltalk has been the Byte special issue and the "Bits of History, Words Of Advice" book. I have read about two methods of managing permanent (by which I mean that which will survive the computer's being turned off) memory: OOZE (Object Oriented Zoned Environment, described in Byte), and LOOM (Large Object Oriented Memory). A third alternative is obvious: paging. What methods survive in working Smalltalk systems today? I am especially interested in those that work without special hardware support. What software method is fastest?