On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 11:43:00AM -0500, William Case wrote: > But Stallings never quite says "The original value is still in memory" I guess it isn't spelled out, but "read" is basically a synonym for "fetch". Just like reading from disk doesn't zero what you've just read, reading from memory doesn't either. Cheers, Jody > I wanted to be sure I understood properly. A lot operations depend on > the original value still being in memory. > > Thanks, it is always easier to understand something when one can get > some external confirmation but things that are iffy in ones own mind. > > Regards Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://www.oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux --