From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,19140af19dfa6e01 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-22 08:51:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsfeed2.easynews.com!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!news.bbnplanet.com!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F6F1A93.50709@attbi.com> From: "Robert I. Eachus" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 0Y plans for garbage collection? References: <1127954.kcBZz6amlf@linux1.krischik.com> <3F60E747.40805@attbi.com> <1557617.vUiuI5kIPQ@linux1.krischik.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.34.139.183 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net 1064245897 24.34.139.183 (Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:51:37 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:51:37 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:51:37 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:42751 Date: 2003-09-22T15:51:37+00:00 List-Id: chris wrote: > Intel are taking care of it... and not for the first time ;) > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/32881.html Actually, this is going to happen--as far as the hardware is concerned. There are several types of memory that may replace DRAM in the next few years, polymer memory and MRAM seem the leading candidates right now. But the common property of all these new memory types is that they are persistant, just like flash memory. So assuming that the OS allows it, cycling power (or a power failure) won't require a reboot. The OS will already be in memory and initialized. Of course, the gotcha in that phrase is "if the OS allows" and if Windows doesn't and Linux does for some period of years, that could be the end of Windows. (But I don't expect that. Windows currently supports sleep states in laptops that should be fairly similar in implementation.) -- Robert I. Eachus Ryan gunned down the last of his third white wine and told himself it would all be over in a few minutes. One thing he'd learned from Operation Beatrix: This field work wasn't for him. --from Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy.