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		vardump on Jan 15, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In defence of swap: common misconceptions > How long before desktop OSs manage memory like mobile ones, automatically shutting down background apps Once desktop systems and applications support required APIs to handle saving state before being shut down.

cdown on Jan 15, 2018 [–]

> Once desktop systems and applications support required APIs to handle saving state before being shut down.

SIGTERM and friends? :-)

If your application is just dropping state on the floor as a result of having an intentionally trappable signal being sent to it or its children, that seems like a bug.

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