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   Message 992 of 2,978   
   Marco van de Voort to Glenn Someone   
   Re: FPC Questions   
   27 Sep 04 11:12:46   
   
   From: marcov@stack.nl   
      
   On 2004-09-27, Glenn Someone    
   wrote:   
   > OK, define a "Windows-minded memory grab" then.   
      
   Depends on what your program exactly does. If you e.g. only precache some   
   file, it is easier to e.g. use a memorymapping call. That way, the OS will   
   do your caching, and that will probably be a lot better.   
      
   In general, you try to defer loading data if possible in a protected mode   
   system, or let the VM manage it (e.g. memory mapping), since the VM has all   
   the data.   
      
   It all depends on how often you use which data etc.   
      
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