Re: Garbage collector - ccl:terminate (memory stuff)

On 20 May 2024, at 21:36, Ron Garret <[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
> What kind of computer do you have that lets you install RAM without reboot=
ing???

Well, it depends on what you mean by 'rebooting'.  Obviously this is core me=
mory, so it's a matter of arranging a suitable context switch, in the middle=
 of which power is removed.  New memory is added, and the appropriate parame=
ters adjusted using powerful magnets, following which power is restored.

We will shortly have to bring our third fission plant online to support the s=
ystem.

>=20
> My own implementation has a paper factory at each end of an ever-growing s=
pool of tape, but your idea sounds better.  It's getting harder and harder t=
o find trees around here.
>=20

Yours sounds perhaps slower (how fast are your punches?  I understand that p=
eople have been doing work on paper-based systems which are comfortably supe=
rsonic) but less liable to meltdowns...

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