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"Exploring a C program's memory use over time, on Linux" would be more accurate. Nothing in this article deals with our three spatial dimensions, the typical us
by perrygeo 3y ago
"Exploring a C program's memory use over time, on Linux" would be more accurate. Nothing in this article deals with our three spatial dimensions, the typical use of the word "space".
- robbintt 3y agoFor software contexts, we refer to space as memory or overall storage depending on the architecture.
- perrygeo 3y agoYet when refering to both space and time, you should consider explicating that space = memory, time = time.
- sweetgiorni 3y ago> you should consider explicating that space = memory, time = time. That seems unnecessary. Even a layman knows that in the context of a computer, space != physical space. Most people think of disk space, but it can also refer to memory usage [0]. The meaning of the name was obvious to me after reading the first half of the first sentence of the article. I thought it was clever :) [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_complexity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_complexity
- thewakalix 3y agoTFA covered more than just C programs.
- perrygeo 3y agoAnd what exactly does TFA have to do with this conversation? It's literally not mentioned in the link or these comments (currently).
- l33t7332273 3y agoTFA stands for “the fucking article”
- yMEyUyNE1 3y agoAnd I always read it as "The Featured Article"
- KwanEsq 3y agoI've always preferred "The Full Article", in contrast to reading _only_ the headline.
- cb321 3y agoThere is also "The Fine Article". FWIW, all these things date back to the ancient Usenet "RTFM" (where M = manual) which would undermine an expansion of "featured" in my view (since manuals are not "featured", like links in news aggregators). The other alternative Fs still work, though.