Re: Next Generation of Language

"Tim Bradshaw" <tfb+google@xxxxxxxx> writes:

Pascal Bourguignon wrote:

You've probably already seen this pyramid with the registers in the
top corner, above layers of memories, L1, L2 and now L3, the RAM, the
HD, the tapes, etc. We could also add layers for the Internet and the
physical world.

Thanks. I'm reasonably familiar with computer architecture.

Well, my point was that it doesn't matter much if the memory that's
near the processor is cache memory or normal RAM, the only difference
being who will fill it, the MMU, or the OS.

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__Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/

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