Comment Re:Speedy servers (Score 1) 169
There is a patch for linux to do this called bcache. See LWN article about it.
Perhaps you might be interested in the article in the Monad.Reader Issue 13 (warning: pdf) where the TeX language is used to solve the 2008 ICFP programming contest.
He writes a program to control a Mars rover in TeX, it is really impressive. You can even download the source code.
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