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hypercube33 • yesterday at 10:22 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Windows NT (NT - Windows 11) keeps applications in their own private memory space by design. Windows 1,2,3,95,98,Me didn't do this which is why it was more prone to blue screens.


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jz391 • yesterday at 10:43 PM

True, but this design decision (to include memory allocation API in the OS) predates the process separation/MMU.