From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Subject: Re: Pointer function parameter
Date: 2000/11/03
Date: 2000-11-03T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874s1oln12.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3A0059E8.C1F2E1FD@mail.com
Mats Weber <matsw@mail.com> writes:
> Robert A Duff wrote:
>
> > [...] (The hardware folks
> > are getting closer and closer to infinite-sized memories all the time,
> > but they still have a long way to go. [...]
>
> So, you are saying that Inifity - 1 Gig < Infinity - 64 K ? :-)
In "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs", there is an
interesting remark that at some time in the future, garbage collection
(and storage reclamation in general) might become irrelevant because
computers will be shipped with RAM so big that they can't touch every
storage location during their lifetime. (To be honest, I don't know
if the authors are kidding here, or if they really believe in this
weird idea.)
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-10-19 0:00 Pointer function parameter Mario Amado Alves
2000-10-19 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-10-19 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-10-19 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-10-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-23 0:00 ` Alejandro Villanueva
2000-10-24 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-10-24 0:00 ` Alejandro Villanueva
2000-10-24 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-10-24 0:00 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2000-10-24 22:32 ` Mats Weber
2000-10-30 15:24 ` Robert A Duff
2000-10-30 15:44 ` Ken Garlington
2000-10-30 18:53 ` Florian Weimer
2000-10-31 1:48 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-31 12:40 ` Ken Garlington
2000-10-31 14:08 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-11-01 17:59 ` Mats Weber
2000-11-03 0:00 ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2000-11-04 0:00 ` RAM size, was " tmoran
2000-10-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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2000-10-16 0:00 Mary
2000-10-17 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-10-17 0:00 ` Mario Amado Alves
2000-10-18 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-10-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-17 0:00 ` Gautier
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