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

> On May 20, 2024, at 2:31 PM, Tim Bradshaw <[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
> 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 =
rebooting???
>=20
> Well, it depends on what you mean by 'rebooting'.  Obviously this is =
core memory

Ah.  Of course.  Silly me.

> We will shortly have to bring our third fission plant online to =
support the system.

Awesome!  (Although it occurs to me that there might be some tweaks to =
the business model worth considering.  Bitcoin something something...)

>>=20
>> My own implementation has a paper factory at each end of an =
ever-growing spool of tape, but your idea sounds better.  It's getting =
harder and harder to find trees around here.
>>=20
>=20
> Yours sounds perhaps slower (how fast are your punches?  I understand =
that people have been doing work on paper-based systems which are =
comfortably supersonic) but less liable to meltdowns...

Yeah, we don't have to worry about meltdowns, but fire is becoming more =
of a concern here in California.  Those damned environmentalists ruin =
everything.

On the other hand, having everything go up in flames every couple of =
years does seem to make it easier to implement pragmatic solutions to =
the halting problem.  So there's that.

rg