1 Aug
2007
1 Aug
'07
8:24 a.m.
Tim wrote:
I find the use of the word "stable" absurd in this context.
Stable meaning without significant changes, rather than meaning extremely reliable operation...
I guess I give a rather mathematical meaning to the word "stable". A ball in a bowl is stable. A ball on top of my head is not.
An unstable kernel is one that fails in an unpredictable way, eg filling the screen with garbage.
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