john13@garfield.MUN.EDU (John Russell) (01/01/89)
In article <3226@amiga.UUCP> jimm@cloyd.UUCP (Jim Mackraz) writes: >If you NEED the memory, won't you get >it when you try to allocate it? If you need a large chunk of memory, won't >an expunge happen when you try to get it? > >Problems I'm aware of include: ... There's also the problem that when loading a large executable, fragmentation caused by unused fonts, libraries, and devices may mean it fails with "not enough memory". A flushlibs will cure the problem, but it would be better for the loadseg (or whatever the dos routine at the root of the problem) actually tried an AllocMem -- I can only suppose it examines the memlist looking for a large enough contiguous block, but never does anything that would cause an expunge. John -- "If you steal all money, kids not be able to BUY TOYS!" -- Saturday morning cartoon character explaining why theft is bad