A different kind of Walter? :-)

[Sean Kelly]

David B. Held wrote:
> Sean Kelly wrote:
>> Lionello Lunesu wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> I wish there were a function like VirtualRealloc that would grow a 
>>> memory block without EVER having to physically move the data.
>>>
>>> (That doesn't exist in Win32, does it?)
>>
>> I don't think so.  If you have some data whose logical address range 
>> is bounded by other data, I don't think it would be possible for it to 
>> grow without being moved.
> 
> Well, there's at least two solutions to this.  One is to use infinite 
> memory, in which case you can allocate at addresses that are infinitely 
> far apart, allowing for unlimited growth in data structures.
> 
> The second is to use quantum superposition to allow storage of distinct 
> data at the same location.  The trick is getting the state to collapse 
> in a way that makes all the data recoverable, which is nothing more than 
> an engineering detail, really.  We should get an intern to work on these 
> projects over the summer.

And Google's "summer of code" has already stopped taking applications, 
too.  Darn it!


Sean