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		logicalmind on Sept 16, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BareMetal OS: A 64-bit Operating System in only 16... Your dream idea will work for cpu-bound programs but it seems the majority of applications are bound by factors other than the cpu. The waste frequently comes from waiting for I/O to complete.

mathgladiator on Sept 16, 2010 [–]

That's exactly true which is why I'm working on understanding IO bound applications (my current research: http://github.com/mathgladiator/node.ocaml )

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