[A86] Re: FRAG!
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[A86] Re: FRAG!
Not exactly. Exactly true for flash, but not for RAM.
RAM is never fragmented in the first place. Variables
are all kept contiguous. The 86 doesn't have or need
a defragmenter. When variables are added, altered,
or deleted, it immediately deals with the change in
used RAM.
In a message dated 3/21/01 6:04:35 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
david@acz.org writes:
> The 86 does have a memory defragmenter. In fact, all of the TI graphing
> calculators do. You'll notice that on the flash ones, after you've deleted
> a lot of stuff, it will ask to run garbage collection (i.e. memory
> defragmentation). The only reason the flash ones ask is because it involves
> writing to the flash memory more times than normal (you can write to regular
> ram as many times as you want).
>
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