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Instead of encouraging developer to optimize beyond what their programming language expose, shouldn't we change our software model to include space?

A simple example would be cellular automata (not necessarily "automata") which make clear use of space. But for this to happen, we would need new CPU design that doesn't only attempt to become a C interpreter.





Are there any other applications using this style of computing? I'd love to see something beyond sorting. I didn't see anything on the wiki.


I have watched many Dave's video and completely agree. Though even from a performance perspective only, this seems like the obvious path ahead.


You might like the book Turtle Geometry. Has fun exploring a similar direction, some.




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