So maybe I can go back to being a Gardeners' World addict again.
We have persistent objects, they're called files.
No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code.
I wanted to have virtual memory, at least as it's coupled with file systems.
In fact, we started off with two or three different shells and the shell had life of its own.
I still have a full-time day job, which is why it took me five years to write An Ear to the Ground, and why I won't have another book finished by next week.