{"id":10816,"date":"2023-09-23T09:50:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T07:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=10816"},"modified":"2023-09-23T09:50:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T07:50:15","slug":"in-defence-of-swap-common-misconceptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2023\/09\/23\/in-defence-of-swap-common-misconceptions\/","title":{"rendered":"In defence of swap: common misconceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>tl;dr: Having swap is a reasonably important part of a well functioning system. Without it, sane memory management becomes harder to achieve.<\/p>\n<cite>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisdown.name\/2018\/01\/02\/in-defence-of-swap.html\">In defence of swap: common misconceptions<\/a><\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I shall read it soon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">tl;dr: Having swap is a reasonably important part of a well functioning system. Without it, sane memory management becomes harder to achieve. Source: In defence of swap: common misconceptions I shall read it soon<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2023\/09\/23\/in-defence-of-swap-common-misconceptions\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legenda"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6daft-2Os","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12124,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2024\/12\/12\/common-misconceptions-about-compilers\/","url_meta":{"origin":10816,"position":0},"title":"Common Misconceptions about Compilers","author":"Paolo Redaelli","date":"2024-12-12","format":false,"excerpt":"A curated list of misconceptions about mainstream compilers. 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