Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 7/1/84; site wuphys.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mgnetp!we53!busch!wuphys!mff From: mff@wuphys.UUCP (Mark Flynn) Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.dcom,net.micro Subject: Re: Re: of "images" and the like Message-ID: <307@wuphys.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 12:31:17 EDT Article-I.D.: wuphys.307 Posted: Mon Jun 24 12:31:17 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 04:59:43 EDT References: <1861@ukma.UUCP> <789@turtlevax.UUCP> <604@umd5.UUCP> <8405@ucbvax.ARPA> Organization: Physics Dept., Washington Univ. in St. Louis Lines: 28 Xref: watmath net.nlang:3262 net.dcom:1055 net.micro:10871 > > > ...I understand on the old TOPS-10 system a running program could write > > a copy of itself out to the file system, which could then later be > > executed and pick up where it had started. THIS qualifies as an > > "image". > > Franz LisP under 4BSD can do this (so you don't have to go setting > up all your atoms and functions again...) with something like > > -> (dumplisp) What a radical concept! Can't imagine something primitive, like BASIC, having a feature like that. Mark F. Flynn Department of Physics Washington University St. Louis, MO 63130 ihnp4!wuphys!mff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark." P. Floyd