From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 10:40:53 PM UTC+10, Joe Monk wrote:   
      
   > > If you want to run some sort of video-editing software   
   > > under CICS that needs to edit a 16 GiB video file in   
   > > memory you need segmentation if you only have   
   > > 32-bit registers. And even that won't work in compact   
   > > memory model unless the video is logically divided   
   > > into smaller chunks that are a maximum of 4 GiB.   
   > > If you need a single indivisible buffer of more than   
   > > 4 GiB you need huge memory model.   
      
   > First off, even today, no application would edit a 16GB file in memory. That   
   would be asinine.   
      
   Your omniscience of all extant applications in the world   
   today is showing again.   
      
   > Nothing says the *entire* file has to be in memory at the same time. It is   
   called windowing ... a technique very commonly used.   
      
   You can "window" in 16-bit too.   
      
   > Same thing with DB2. If I run a SQL query, and open a cursor on that query,   
   nothing says the result set has to all be in memory at the same time.   
      
   Nothing says that about 16-bit either.   
      
   > Think outside of the small box you seem to be stuck in.   
      
   Try taking your own advice.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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