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claim:persistent-address-space-is-a-design-choice-in-which-program-code-and-state-are-preserved-when-powering-off-and-can-be-accessed-modified-using-the-same-means

Persistent address space is a design choice in which program code and state are preserved when powering off and can be accessed/modified using the same means.

Characteristic pioneered in MacLisp and Interlisp; contrasts with UNIX distinction between volatile memory and non-volatile disk.

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Technical Dimensions of Programming Systems
(2023) · Jakubovic, Joel · Edwards, Jonathan · Petricek, Tomas

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Concepts (1)

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  • Canonical example throughout paper of dynamic dispatch and late-binding mechanisms that rely centrally on associative lookup; primary motivating language.

Artifacts (1)

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  • Early interactive/conversational Lisp implementations pioneering persistent address space, structure editors, and interactive modification of both code and state using the same means.

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