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From: bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein)
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Subject: Re: VERY LARGE main memories: crypt
Message-ID: <1197@bu-cs.bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: Mon, 8-Sep-86 22:29:53 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  8 22:29:53 1986
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From: bwong@ihwpt.UUCP (bruce wong)
>If there are only that many electrons in the whole universe, how
>can you develop storage, using electrons, that is as large ?

Obviously it has to be virtual :-)

And on another note, I write...
>How long would it take you
> to do a MEMQ of a list of a few HUNDRED MILLION lisp objects long?
> etc.

In reply To which everyone introduces me to arrays, thank you. Fine, now
do an (ADD1) to a few hundred million using hash arrays or some other
random storage scheme and find much speed up (sheesh, it's amazing
how many people can't see the forest for the trees :-) This isn't a
pop-quiz, it's a discussion, give the other side a little slack on
the trivia and stick to the issues, it is interesting though.

	-Barry Shein, Boston University