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Based on my analysis of the HVM3 codebase you provided, here are the potential weak points and bugs that could cause issues:

1. Memory Management Issues

The code extensively uses unsafeInterleaveIO in functions like collapseDupsAtLazy and extractCoreAtLazy. This creates thunks with non-deterministic evaluation order, which can lead to:

  • Memory leaks if thunks retain large data structures
  • Unpredictable resource usage patterns
  • Potential race conditions in parallel contexts

Based on the code you shared and the HVM3 codebase I've reviewed, I can explain why you're seeing four universes instead of two when the program collapses.

Understanding the Collapse Mechanism

Looking at the HVML.Collapse module, the issue is related to how HVM3 handles superpositions (represented with the & notation in the code). The collapseDupsAt and collapseSups functions create a tree structure that represents all possible combinations of choices.

Why You're Getting 4 Universes

The key is in how the code processes nested superpositions. In your example:

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meghuizen / introrx.md
Last active August 29, 2015 14:08 — forked from staltz/introrx.md

The introduction to Reactive Programming you've been missing

(by @andrestaltz)

So you're curious in learning this new thing called (Functional) Reactive Programming (FRP).

Learning it is hard, even harder by the lack of good material. When I started, I tried looking for tutorials. I found only a handful of practical guides, but they just scratched the surface and never tackled the challenge of building the whole architecture around it. Library documentations often don't help when you're trying to understand some function. I mean, honestly, look at this:

Rx.Observable.prototype.flatMapLatest(selector, [thisArg])

Projects each element of an observable sequence into a new sequence of observable sequences by incorporating the element's index and then transforms an observable sequence of observable sequences into an observable sequence producing values only from the most recent observable sequence.

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Last active February 18, 2020 19:25
Bash-RC Terminal Colors
# Put this rule behind PS1 in the following files:
# /root/.bashrc
# /etc/skel/.bashrc
# /etc/bash.bashrc
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;31m\]\u\[\033[00m\]@\[\033[01;32m\]\H\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
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meghuizen / sysctl-gigabit.txt
Created July 26, 2013 09:33
Linux gigabit tuning
##
## Please make sure to change this according to your own needs/configuration
## Some values won't be helpful for some configurations (like routers or firewalls)
## If you have a normal server, these settings should work fine
##
## Tested on Dell PowerEdge/PowerVault servers with gigabit, iSCSI, multipathing with Citrix XenServer clients
## Large performance improvement on the default settings!
##
## Carefull selected values!
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This article has been given a more permanent home on my blog. Also, since it was first written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.

You're Missing the Point of Promises

Promises are a software abstraction that makes working with asynchronous operations much more pleasant. In the most basic definition, your code will move from continuation-passing style:

getTweetsFor("domenic", function (err, results) {
 // the rest of your code goes here.
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meghuizen / openssl-example.php
Created May 24, 2013 07:20
OpenSSL Example
<?php
// Create the keypair
$res=openssl_pkey_new();
// Get private key
openssl_pkey_export($res, $privatekey);
// Get public key
$publickey=openssl_pkey_get_details($res);
<?php
/**
* SplClassLoader implementation that implements the technical interoperability
* standards for PHP 5.3 namespaces and class names.
*
* http://groups.google.com/group/php-standards/web/final-proposal
*
* // Example which loads classes for the Doctrine Common package in the
* // Doctrine\Common namespace.