You can't copy code with memcpy

Re:You can't copy code with memcpy by weinzierl on Thursday December 30, 2021 @05:17AM (#29735416)

Yup, and early TeX did it too. You could run a memory dump of a previously initialized version to improve start-up times.

For a modern take on similar idea see also this discussion from a while ago:

"Improving startup time in Atom with V8 snapshots"

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