It is known that in the general case we cannot predict the path of execution of an arbitrary program. If we could, then we would be able to solve the Halting Problem—which is known to be unsolvable. Explain the ramifications for the effectiveness of anticipatory resource-allocation mechanisms.

What will be an ideal response?


All it means is that the anticipatory paging mechanism will make some bad decisions
that will cause unneeded pages to be in memory. The key point is whether the anticipatory
paging mechanismcan make enough good decisions to justify its overhead.

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