On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:36:27 +0000 via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> Heh, btw, I just read on osnews.com that HP is going to create a > new hardware platform The Machine and a new operating system for > it based on resistor based non-volatile memory called memristors > that is comparable to dram in speed. Pretty interesting actually: > > http://www.technologyreview.com/news/533066/hp-will-release-a-revolutionary-new-operating-system-in-2015/ yes, i read about that some time ago. it's fun conception, yet they will be forced to emulate files anyway. i.e. such machine can be either "only one user, only one task" (a-la Oberon, for example), or a mad to program. everyone using files today, and nobody will write everything again for some OS without files. so it will be a toy, or will try hard to emulate current arch. either way nothing new from the programmer's POV.
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