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Subject: Re: Ada 0Y plans for garbage collection?
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In article <dXO9b.481787$uu5.83124@sccrnsc04>, "Jeffrey Creem" <jeff@thecreems.com> writes:
> 
> "Berend de Boer" <berend@xsol.com> wrote in message
> news:ur82gs8zd.fsf@xsol.com...
>>>
>> And Linux was talking about a specific case: max speed. Perhaps he was
>> correct. That doesn't imply gc is bad for every other app for which
>> speed isn't that all important.
>>
> 
> You know..some day this might be true. I have been hearing the "computers
> are so fast it does not matter anymore" story for at least 10 years now...
> 
> But until I can
> 
> Boot my OS in less than 3 seconds.

Ideally, you should never have to "boot" your computer.
Replacement of software and hardware components should be possible while
operations are underway.