Re: Linux/Pro [was Re: Coding style - a non-issue]

Larry McVoy
2001-12-06T20:54:57Z

> Then we can create memnet (netdevice over shared memory), and Larry's dream
> can come true...

I'm hoping, but my dreams do not include shared memory over a network.
That's just way too slow. It's been done a pile of times, every time
people say that the caching will make it fast enough and those people
are wrong every time.

People who think DSM is a good idea are the same people who think a
millisecond is OK for a cache miss (current cache miss times are well
under .0002 milliseconds).
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