PPT Slide
Segmentation
- Note that in the “segmentation” vs “paging” war, paging won :)
- Paging is transparent to the user, while segmentation requires that the compiler writers know how segments are assigned.
- Segmentation, as previously mentioned, re-introduces the dynamic memory allocation hassles.
- Interesting book comment: only commercial systems using segmentation use paged segments.
- Book also says, rightfully so, that you have to be aware of the potential misuse of the word “segment”; it is used to mean different things. Find out the context.