rick@pavlov.bcm.tmc.edu (Richard H. Miller) (02/13/89)
On a similar but slightly new thread, EXEC-8 is supplied with a feature to
speed up the Dynamic Allocator (memory). EXEC-8 uses a best fit algorithem to
allocate memory. It is always trying to fit a run into the 'best' location in
memory and, as a side effect, incurrs a fairlt]y high overhead to do this.
Unisys provides a feature for OS-1100 systems to use a first first instead of a
best fit. This results in a substantial reduction in OS overhead. It is
marketed depedning on what type of system you have (the cheapest version is for
the 1100-71 and the most expensive is for the 1100-94). The cost is not trivial
for the feature. Any other examples of this type?
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