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The author actually has to clarify what they meant in the paper, as RAM carries state as well.

> state-carrying (persistence-carrying)

So what would be more accurate, I think, is "Persistence considered harmful".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(computer_science)#Progr...




Well CPUs and GPUs carry state too; I don't think anything practical is completely stateless so it's a fair description.




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