Author: David Hanley
Date: 08:19:52 01/10/02
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Sorry, but that's not really true. The OS and the processor are both responsible for memory protection. Saying all os's are the same that run on the same processor is like saying all people are equally strong because we are all made of the same things. Obviously not true. Windows now usually catches pointer-out-of-bounds errors, but in windows, you do get writable access to small shared areas with the kernel. In linux, you don't. Also, in windows, you can leak references to DLL's which then get held in RAM. You can also screw up shared in-process DLL's. Generally, those sorts of things are much harder in linux, or not possible. I dual-boot NT and linux, and linux has crashed once on me, but i have to restart windows every few days or else it will crash for sure ( it does crash if i forget to reboot ). dave
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