[ih] vm vs. memory

Nigel Roberts nigel at channelisles.net
Tue Oct 24 13:32:36 PDT 2017


It does, however, apply to a lot of problems in life, as well as 
computer science . . .



On 10/24/2017 08:37 PM, P Vix wrote:
> That adage doesn't apply to problems you don't yet know you will have.
> 
> On October 24, 2017 9:31:47 PM GMT+02:00, Dave Crocker <dhc2 at dcrocker.net> wrote:
>> On 10/24/2017 5:12 AM, Paul Vixie wrote:
>>> vm is an example of something that started as a workaround but
>>> introduced us to a whole different way of thinking about memory.
>>
>>
>> And yet, arguably, it is nothing but the productive application of the
>> Lampson (or Wheeler) adage: "All problems in computer science can be
>> solved by another level of indirection."
>>
>>
>> d/
>> -- 
>> Dave Crocker
>> Brandenburg InternetWorking
>> bbiw.net
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