FW: question: high virtual memory usage

[One Angry User]

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Dave Korn's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes:

> ----Original Message----
> >From: Dave Korn
> >Sent: 14 June 2005 10:36
>
> > ----Original Message----
> >> From: Brian Dessent
> >> Sent: 14 June 2005 03:23
> >
> >> Procexp's "virtual size" column seems to be a meaningless number that
> >> procexp somehow arrives at.
> >
> >   It's the amount of reserved-but-not-yert-committed memory.
>
>   "Yurt-commmitted" memory, of course, is that portion of the process memory
> space reserved for tracking the movements of nomadic mongolian tents;
> apologies for mis-speeling it.  D'oh!

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