[ExtractStream] Random SplitStream Thoughts...

Don Starr don at s...
Sat, 9 Feb 2002 13:28:09 -0800


> Yea, but remember: This *is* Bill Gates we're talking about...
>
> And at least in Dos-mode-based programs, I don't think they can
> allocate swap space... but I can't test that as I don't have a
> computer with "little" enough RAM to find out, it seems...

If it's a Win32 "command-line" app, it's not really "Dos-mode-based" - it's
a real Windows app that just doesn't have a main window associated with it.
If you do dynamic memory allocation (malloc(), new, etc.) and that
allocation requires the OS to swap, it will swap.

-Don