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dekhn
on Oct 16, 2015
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What is a core dump and how do you parse one?
A core dump is when your transistor-based computer has a fault and has to dump the magnetic cores to tape. You parse it by running a magnetometer along the tape to read the values. Real programmers just harness gamma rays directly.
_ytji
on Oct 16, 2015
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There's probably an emacs command for that (
https://xkcd.com/378/
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mutagen
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What will core dumps look like for a quantum computer?
johncolanduoni
on Oct 16, 2015
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Well, if you looked at it then you've already destroyed it.
FroshKiller
on Oct 16, 2015
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Not exactly. You just can't know the state of every register at once.
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