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musicale 45 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: 8086 Segmented Memory was a good idea

Google's native client (NaCl) even used it on 32-bit x86...

Segmented memory (on hardware that supported segment permissions) was used to good effect in Multics as well.

gpderetta 45 days ago [–]

x86 32 bit protected mode segments were a very different beast.

musicale 40 days ago | [–]

I miss them.

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