Partial application in C

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In article <3950006 at hplvly.HP.COM>, boyne at hplvly.HP.COM (Art Boyne) writes:
> ...on virtual memory machines,
> ...Having
> unmodifiable code segments therefore reduces disk activity.
  No, it's whether the code segments *ACTUALLY ARE* modified that should
control disk activity; any decent virtual memory system must be able to 
determine if a writable page has actually been written!  So, truly pure
code does reduce paging, but the ABILITY to have impure code shouldn't
cost anything unless it's used.
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