I thought Mark was misremembering Emmental when he said Edam (they do start with an E) but I believe Venezuelan Beaver Cheeses is probably a better analogy as it has many holes caused by the beavers' sharp incisors. and is a bit of a mystery (very difficult to acquire) as is the workings of windows buffer allocation .....
Can we say Cheese? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz1JWzyvv8A&t=3s lagi p.s Jacques - when did this Cheese thing start - it is certainly before my time. On Fri, 10 Sept 2021 at 19:16, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > You're talking about cheese. I'm telling Mom. Nyah. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > On September 10, 2021 8:42:48 AM Trevor DeVore via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 8:15 AM Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > >> On 2021-09-10 14:06, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: > >> > The windows heap is much more prudent than UNIXy counterparts it would > >> > seem - where UNIX heaps will happily leave plenty of free space (which > >> > the heaps know about and thus can re-use), Windows appears to avoid > >> > that like the plague (which I'm sure is the case for lots of > >> > historical reasons and backwards compatibility). [ To give a very > >> > rough analogy, the map of used space in a heap on windows is like a > >> > block of cheddar; whereas on UNIXy systems it will be like a block of > >> > edam ]. > >> > >> I of course meant 'Swiss', not 'Edam'! > > > > > > Thanks for the clarification. I feel like I have a decent understanding > of > > cheeses, but I couldn’t figure out how cheddar and edam were different in > > this analogy :-) > > > > -- > > Trevor DeVore > > ScreenSteps > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- KIndest Regards Lagi _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
