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Hindsight: Reversible Computing

Posted by Hemos on from the step-back-into-the-past dept.

One of the more interesting tech pieces that came out this week has been Hindsight [PDF]. Hindsight is made by Virtutech and is billed as the "the first complete, general-purpose tool for reverse execution and debugging of arbitrary electronic systems." The demos were received extremely well and it just looks cool.

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  1. BSOL? by bunyip · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, would reversible computing let me have a Blue Screen Of Life?

    That would be so cool...

    Alan.

  2. Thats simple... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    just invert the micro clock signal so everything runs backwards :)

  3. Re:But what about external events by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, you got it all wrong.

    This product is a cleverly disguised time machine.
    You can actually rollback and reverse to actually see the initial "First post!" remark, and undo the slashdot effect.

    If you look closely, you can also see the cognative response from Hemos as he clicked Accept on this submission.

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    liqbase :: faster than paper
  4. Come from? by AJWM · · Score: 3, Funny

    Reverse execution? Are we finally going to see an implementation of the COME FROM statement?

    (See also the entry in the jargon file.)

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    -- Alastair