Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site unc.unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!unc!omondi From: omondi@unc.UUCP (Amos Omondi) Newsgroups: net.arch Subject: Page Size and the Meaning of Life Message-ID: <411@unc.unc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 27-Oct-85 14:48:33 EST Article-I.D.: unc.411 Posted: Sun Oct 27 14:48:33 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 29-Oct-85 01:37:47 EST Distribution: net Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill Lines: 10 Perhaps we relly ought to do awy with virtual store all together. It was afterall a retrograde step in computer architecture; before someone concocted it every decent programmer knew the latency time, rotational delay, etc. of his backing store. Armed with this knowledge and knowing how the flow of control in the program one would carry out a few calculations to determine the best locations ( on drum ) for the various parts of the program in order to achieve the best overlay scheme. Small wonder the software cost has gone up so much ...