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Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
> > Right. And the virtual memory system will swap that out to disk since it
> > isn't being used. And, unless the program tries to "do" something, it
> > will never be swapped back in again. Should have no impact on anything.
> Just because the application is minimized doesn't necessarily mean it's
> doing nothing. Every windows program has a window loop. Messages about
> system status and the like are broadcast to all windows in the system
> occasionally.
Also, if the mahjong program was created with a GC'd language, the GC
might completely nullify the benefit of swapping.
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- Warp
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