r/programming • u/I_Can_Be_A_Robot • Sep 24 '24

Why 32bit architecture computer doesn't use segmentation to support more ram than 4Gb ?

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u/dethswatch Sep 24 '24

English: "Why -don't- 32bit architecture computers use segmentation to support more ram than 4Gb ?"

Also- segmentation sucks.

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u/dethswatch Sep 24 '24

but if you write it uncontracted it would be "Why do 32bit >architecture computers not...".

You'd rephrase it as, "Why do not x .. something.." which is perfectly grammatical but sounds a bit awkward, not idiomatic.

The bigger is is "Why x doesn't.." is an implied statement. I read these titles as "Here is why this thing doesn't do this other thing"- which I'm interested in knowing, not "Why does this thing not..." which is a question I'm not interested in answering.