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> As things stand now, CHERI doesn't replace virtual memory.

Yeah, he's proposing...something else. It's not clear to me exactly what, except sort of like this obscure historic machine he vaguely described. See e.g. this paragraph:

> The linear address space as a concept is unsafe at any speed, and it badly needs mandatory CHERI seat belts. But even better would be to get rid of linear address spaces entirely and go back to the future, as successfully implemented in the Rational R1000 computer 30-plus years ago.




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