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		jlgreco on Dec 5, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: So what's wrong with 1975 programming? (2008) mmap makes use of the virtual memory system. The author does not appear to be conflating anything.

chris_wot on Dec 6, 2012 [–]

Yeah, that would be great if a. the link was to a question on StackExchange about mmap, but it's not, and b. if the use of mmap was commonly known as using a "virtual disk file", but again, it's not.

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