On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, Felix Schulte wrote:
On 12/27/06, Michael Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
One can dtrace dtrace as in use the kernel framework + command to debug
the command and library. We do this often. One cannot debug DTrace the
kernel software, though, since you can't instrument the kernel portion of
the instrumentation framework. This would violate the s/w laws of physics.
I was thinking about this part. Why is this a violation of physics? A
Perpetuum mobile.
Emit a DTrace probe within the code that emits a DTrace probe within the
code that emits a DTrace probe ...
perfect emulator can run itself like the Russian dolls, over and over
and over and over again in a nested nested nested fashion
Not nesting. Endlessly Looping. Therefore physically impossible.
FrankH.
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