Re: Beginner questions

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Subject: Re: Beginner questions 
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RE: locking memory blocks

It is my opinion that (generally) you should only lock blocks
when you are accessing the data in the block.  That is the 
block should be locked a minimal amount of time.  This allows 
the OS to freely move blocks between accesses.

..........larry