> Virtual memory is one of those things that should be handled
> cooperatively.. unlike cpu time (through multitasking), where
> a cooperative system would work bad (preemptive plus ways to
> forbid task-switching for a certain guaranteed time would be
> great).

I disagree. Cooperative memory use enables one application to crash the
whole system, and worst of all, without a hint of which application
caused this. A nightmare for both user and developer.

Wouter van Ooijen

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