Notices by Andrew (R.S Admin) (ajroach42@retro.social), page 22

Does anyone have experience finding what kind of objects are taking up the most memory in Python from just a core dump (and the executables of course)?

@ajroach42 Before that, in my memory the most common failure mode of malfunctioning software was "computer becomes totally unresponsive", in which case, what other option do you have?

@ajroach42 This was definitely the normal everyday Windows 95 / Windows 98 user experience I remember. You could often keep using the system after a BSOD but it was rarely a good idea. Not to mention the forced (& sometimes multiple!) reboots after every program / driver install. I used to reinstall Windows overtop of itself every six months or so when it became too unstable to use and it usually helped.

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this behavior is decades older than that, going back to the beginnings of the home computer revolution when almost every computer had a momentary-press reset button specifically for taking the computer back to a known good state. it just got more inefficient when manufacturers started leaving off reset buttons and forcing users to twice-toggle the power switch instead. the fact that using the reset button preserved no data for troubleshooting implied that none was necessary; best to move forward rather than look back.

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As far as I know, mid-2000's... although it was used before that, it was usually followed up by troubleshooting and investigation.

@ajroach42 in the beginning

There was a forced reboot

And in that forced reboot

The threads of code reordered themselves

And lo' did creation embrace the Reset

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