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ReduceMemoryFootprint

John Qase Hacker edited this page Aug 31, 2015 · 1 revision

Despite the abstraction of a TuringMachine, you don't have an infinitely long tape. Further, when the Operating System has to swap memory because of other applications, it takes time to do so. The companion rule to this is MinimizeWork.

Part of achieving elegance is to meet function with form. If your using a lot of memory, it's like installing two doorknobs.

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