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- From: thinman@netcom.com (Technically Sweet)
- Subject: Re: Are interpreters now as fast as compiled code used to be?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.190713.20460@netcom.com>
- Organization: International Foundation for Internal Freedom
- References: <4051@mitech.com> <FEELEY.92Dec14215701@zohar.ai.mit.edu> <4067@mitech.com><1992Dec15.201735.21731@netcom.com> <GJR.92Dec15214517@klosters.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:07:13 GMT
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- In comp.lang.scheme "Jinx" writes:
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- >If only "modern operating systems" (aka. Unix) only allowed us
- >arbitrary control over our address space...
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- BSD, SUNos, and AT&T Unix V.4 all have something called 'mmap'
- which does precisely this. The long dark night is over.
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- This is why Dylan should have continuations. The only target
- Dylan platform that causes problems for continuations is the Mac
- without PMMU.
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- Lance Norskog
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- Data is not information is not knowledge is not wisdom.
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