[throwawaybutwhy]

Suppose it is a technicality, but if it can't handle large (larger than available memory, that is) files [0], it's not a pager.

[0] https://github.com/noborus/ov/issues/201

[benj111]

It is a technicality and it is still a pager.

[throwawaybutwhy]

You are right, of course, and I stand corrected, performance and/or ability to fully replace less have no bearing on whether a program is a pager.

[VWWHFSfQ]

Nah I still wouldn't call it a pager. They used the correct term themselves as "text viewer".

[noborus]

I see memory efficiency as an issue, but not as a priority issue as it was 30 years ago.

[ktpsns]

In data science/industry it frequently happens for people to open files bigger then the available memory in less. "Big data" is a somewhat independent concept of the fact that RAM was smaller 30 years ago.