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"Exploring a C program's memory use over time, on Linux" would be more accurate. Nothing in this article deals with our three spatial dimensions, the typical use of the word "space".


For software contexts, we refer to space as memory or overall storage depending on the architecture.


Yet when refering to both space and time, you should consider explicating that space = memory, time = time.


> you should consider explicating that space = memory, time = time.

That seems unnecessary. Even a layman knows that in the context of a computer, space != physical space. Most people think of disk space, but it can also refer to memory usage [0]. The meaning of the name was obvious to me after reading the first half of the first sentence of the article. I thought it was clever :)

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_complexity


TFA covered more than just C programs.


And what exactly does TFA have to do with this conversation? It's literally not mentioned in the link or these comments (currently).


TFA stands for “the fucking article”


And I always read it as "The Featured Article"


I've always preferred "The Full Article", in contrast to reading _only_ the headline.


There is also "The Fine Article".

FWIW, all these things date back to the ancient Usenet "RTFM" (where M = manual) which would undermine an expansion of "featured" in my view (since manuals are not "featured", like links in news aggregators). The other alternative Fs still work, though.




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