I wish that processor architecture was not so committed to a obsolete model of software. For example, it has become clear over the last few
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For some reason, all copies of an early variant of RTLinux called “myrtlinux” by its Italian “author” have disappeared from the web, but thanks to
Read moreVirtualization and power use and spreadsheet games (updated)
Here’s a thought experiment. Suppose each server uses X watts idle and X+Y watts busy. If you have N programs that currently run on N
Read moreMicrosoft by the numbers
From correspondent AY: 150,000,000 Number of Windows 7 licenses sold, making Windows 7 by far the fastest growing operating system in history. <10 Percentage of
Read moreDoing it wrong: Poul-Henning Kamp
Kamp writes to explain that virtual memory behavior can be important for program performance. That is, he explains From the programmer’s standpoint, the working set
Read moreProcess algebra reconsidered
Paper is here. The following incorrect claim is not unusual in the process algebra literature. Basically, what is missing [in classical automata theory] is the
Read moreR.L. Moore topologist and racist
If you read this down to the bottom you get a little hint, but you have to read something like this to understand what that
Read moreout of the loop in silicon valley
NYTimes. But when she was raising money for Crimson Hexagon, a start-up company she co-founded in 2007, she recalls one venture capitalist telling her that
Read morelimits of state diagrams
Here’s a graph of a simple state machine of somewhat under 512 states that models a dumb fifo queue. The initial state is “e” for
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