How to disable Mac OS X from using swap when there still is "Inactive" memory?

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/317215/h...

Question links:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1342
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#...
http://forums.macnn.com/90/mac-os-x/4346.../
[http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthre...]: http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthre...?
https://apple.stackexchange.com/question...
[FreeMemory app]: http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/freememor...
[dynamicpagerwrapper]: http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/3...
[dynamicpager]: http://www.willreese.com/?
[a hacked dynamicpager]: http://cestdelamerde.com/archives/22-Kil...

Accepted answer links:
[developer site]: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/...
[above posted link]: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/...
[Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/gorman/html/u...
["Page replacement algorithm"]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_replac...

Answer 2 links:
[http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/freememor...]: http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/freememor...

Answer 3 links:
http://cestdelamerde.com/archives/22-Kil...
http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/3...
[Wired Memory vs. Active Memory in OS X]: https://superuser.com/q/305635/39248

Answer 4 links:
[MAC OS X Lion performance problem - broken memory management]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?

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