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vLLM enables some classic systems techniques (like copy-on-write), and some explicit memory deduplication is possible when users specify the systems prompt, as illustrated by figure 10. Do you think that vLLM could adopt the transparent content-based page sharing mechanism from the ESX paper? Would it be straightforward, possible with some caveats, or simply impossible? Justify your answer.