Edit - Super User

You are not logged in. Your edit will be placed in a queue until it is peer reviewed.

We welcome edits that make the post easier to understand and more valuable for readers. Because community members review edits, please try to make the post substantially better than how you found it, for example, by fixing grammar or adding additional resources and hyperlinks.

1

This really does not have enough information to backup your statements. Windows 3.1 is a 16-bit operating system. One must remember that in 1992 2MB of memory was over $300.
– Ramhound
Commented Feb 22, 2013 at 23:26
You're Feb 22 comment, and Scott Chamberlin's explanation pretty much cover what I was driving at. They do leave out descriptions of why extensible segmented pagination was used in DOS/Win16, but not in later Windows. I didn't include that, because it would not contribute directly to answering the OP's question.
– OCDtech
Commented Mar 7, 2013 at 15:08
Its my view that answers should stand alone. Your comment adds enough information to resolve my problems with your answer.
– Ramhound
Commented Mar 7, 2013 at 15:51
1

@OCDtech: The 8086 segmented model would allow an object-oriented language to use 2-byte object references to identify objects aligned on 16-byte boundaries, but languages were not well-equipped to use segments effectively. The 80286 model imposes monstrously-greater overhead to such programs, and the way it was extended on the 80386 would make a segment-per-object scheme totally useless.
– supercat
Commented May 6, 2014 at 17:29

Add a comment |

Correct minor typos or mistakes
Clarify meaning without changing it
Add related resources or links
Always respect the author’s intent
Don’t use edits to reply to the author

create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
put returns between paragraphs
for linebreak add 2 spaces at end
_italic_ or **bold**
indent code by 4 spaces
backtick escapes `like _so_`
quote by placing > at start of line
to make links (use https whenever possible)
<https://example.com>
[example](https://example.com)
<a href="https://example.com">example</a>

formatting help »
answering help »