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Except you can't see that model from (for example) Python, and you don't need to.
by nedbat 3y ago
Except you can't see that model from (for example) Python, and you don't need to.
- vacuity 3y agoPython presents an abstraction, but underneath, it's bound by the address space just as C is.
- nedbat 3y agoYes, but why do I need to know that as a Python programmer? What mistakes might I make if I don't know about it?
- vacuity 3y agoI was just making it clear that the OS policy pervades. That is, the developers of CPython or another execution context need to care about it, and so it informs some of the implementation details that may leak into programs. We agree that Python presents an abstraction so that Python programmers (usually) don't have to see this.