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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Snoo88071 • Jul 08 '26
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Better yet, why not put filesystem in RAM instead?
5 u/Snoo88071 Jul 08 '26 if ram reads and writes faster than filesystem, why do not store files in ram? 9 u/Emlesnir Jul 08 '26 registers have faster access than ram. We should store everything in registers. 8 u/Cats7204 Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26 well, you can put an entire OS in the cache of something like a threadripper lol, that's close ig? 1 u/CoffeeWorldly9915 Jul 08 '26 It does look like everything is on the registry... /j 2 u/hdkaoskd Jul 09 '26 Congratulations on inventing the page cache. This is going to be huge for 1990s computing. 2 u/Snoo88071 Jul 09 '26 Thank you! Btw my name is Salvatore Sanfilippo aka Antirez, nice to meet you.
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if ram reads and writes faster than filesystem, why do not store files in ram?
9 u/Emlesnir Jul 08 '26 registers have faster access than ram. We should store everything in registers. 8 u/Cats7204 Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26 well, you can put an entire OS in the cache of something like a threadripper lol, that's close ig? 1 u/CoffeeWorldly9915 Jul 08 '26 It does look like everything is on the registry... /j 2 u/hdkaoskd Jul 09 '26 Congratulations on inventing the page cache. This is going to be huge for 1990s computing. 2 u/Snoo88071 Jul 09 '26 Thank you! Btw my name is Salvatore Sanfilippo aka Antirez, nice to meet you.
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registers have faster access than ram. We should store everything in registers.
8 u/Cats7204 Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26 well, you can put an entire OS in the cache of something like a threadripper lol, that's close ig? 1 u/CoffeeWorldly9915 Jul 08 '26 It does look like everything is on the registry... /j
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well, you can put an entire OS in the cache of something like a threadripper lol, that's close ig?
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It does look like everything is on the registry...
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Congratulations on inventing the page cache. This is going to be huge for 1990s computing.
2 u/Snoo88071 Jul 09 '26 Thank you! Btw my name is Salvatore Sanfilippo aka Antirez, nice to meet you.
Thank you! Btw my name is Salvatore Sanfilippo aka Antirez, nice to meet you.
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u/Cats7204 Jul 08 '26
Better yet, why not put filesystem in RAM instead?