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From: preece@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Parallelism and Conciousness - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 2-Nov-83 22:44:21 EST
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uicsl!preece    Nov  2 08:25:00 1983

There is a significant difference between saying "No algorithm is
inherently parallel" and saying "Any algorithm can be carried out
without parallelism."  There are many algorithms that are
inherently parallel. Many (perhaps all) of them can be SIMULATED
without true parallel processing. 

I would, however, support the contention that computational models
of natural processes need not follow the same implementations, and
that a serial simulation of a parallel process can produce the
same result.

scott preece
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