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Re: Example of "inactive" memory management

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Example of "inactive" memory management
Date 2013-10-24 23:29 -0400
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In article <1lbb00c.17ljti419r9tovN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>, David
Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

> Because Inactive memory also includes memory which has not been used
> recently but is not "disposable". It therefore has to be paged to disk
> before it can be freed for something else.

depends what's in it. if it's a recently launched app, it's already on
disk so there's no need to write it back out. if it's relaunched before
another app uses the memory, there's no need to read it back in.

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Example of "inactive" memory management JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-24 22:27 -0400
  Re: Example of "inactive" memory management nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-24 23:09 -0400
    Re: Example of "inactive" memory management JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-25 01:08 -0400
  Re: Example of "inactive" memory management dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-10-25 16:26 +1300
    Re: Example of "inactive" memory management nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-24 23:29 -0400
      Re: Example of "inactive" memory management dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-10-25 16:54 +1300
        Re: Example of "inactive" memory management nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-25 01:07 -0400
        Re: Example of "inactive" memory management JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-25 02:21 -0400
          Re: Example of "inactive" memory management nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-25 03:01 -0400
          Re: Example of "inactive" memory management Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-25 16:31 -0400
  Re: Example of "inactive" memory management Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2013-10-24 21:09 -0700
    Re: Example of "inactive" memory management nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-25 01:07 -0400
      Re: Example of "inactive" memory management Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2013-10-24 23:34 -0700
        Re: Example of "inactive" memory management nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-25 04:05 -0400
    Re: Example of "inactive" memory management Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-25 16:33 -0400
      Re: Example of "inactive" memory management billy@MIX.COM - 2013-10-25 21:11 +0000
        Re: Example of "inactive" memory management Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-25 17:56 -0400
      Re: Example of "inactive" memory management dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-10-26 13:12 +1300
        Re: Example of "inactive" memory management Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-25 20:50 -0400
          Re: Example of "inactive" memory management Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@remove.Smith-Harris.us> - 2013-10-26 21:14 -0400
            Re: Example of "inactive" memory management Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-27 09:23 -0400

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