[A86] Re: FRAG!


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[A86] Re: FRAG!




You would think that reordering the memory each time a varable was resized or 
deleted would slow things down.
 
Quoting TGaArdvark@aol.com:

> 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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