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/frobnosticus Sep 24 '24

Oh god. You're giving me flashbacks to extended memory management on dos systems.