Minister promises that Part III is coming

Tue, 16 May 2006 10:06:34 +0100

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>From: ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk
[mailto:ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk] On Behalf Of John Brazier

>Interesting - I was quoting MS's doc on the virtual memory management:

>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=3D/library/en-us/dnanc=
h
or/html/memoryank.asp

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Which doc - that's an index page?

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>When I asked the question on a number of fora, no-one could give me a
guaranteed mechanism that would work under Windows.=20

>In addition, there's a block diagram in the article I reference that
clearly shows the memory manager beneath all memory

>management APIs - which also implies a programmer cannot get full
access to the memory management functions.

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>Of course, the documentation may not be correct .....

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Rr...ight, so because mention of an obscure function along with hundreds
of other comparably obscure functions is omitted from a block diagram,
that is MSFT's fault is it?=20

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Caspar Bowden

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span =
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ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk
[mailto:ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk] <b><span =
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<br>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
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- I was quoting MS's doc on the virtual memory =
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asp?url=3D/library/en-us/dnanchor/html/memoryank.asp</a></span></font><o:=
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&gt;When I
asked the question on a number of fora, no-one could give me a =
guaranteed
mechanism that would work under Windows. <o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>In
addition, there's a block diagram in the article I reference that =
clearly shows
the memory manager beneath all memory</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
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APIs - which also implies a programmer cannot get full access to the =
memory
management functions.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
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Rr&#8230;ight, so because mention =
of an
obscure function along with hundreds of other comparably obscure =
functions is
omitted from a block diagram, that is MSFT&#8217;s fault is it? =
<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>--<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Caspar =
Bowden<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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