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From: jon@anwar.UUCP (John Sissler)
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Subject: i empathize with your comments on multiprocessors
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Date: Mon, 20-May-85 10:57:05 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 20 10:57:05 1985
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	after attempting to understand how to re-implement von Neumann
	software on an MIMD architecture, i can understand the emotional
	(er... logical) argument for "just give me a 100 MIP processor...".

	i recommend electro-shock therapy for all software engineers faced
	with a similar task.  seriously, in the future im sure software
	folks will be stammering "why would you want a 100 MIP processor
	instead of 10 10 MIP processors?". the guys thinking and his software 
	will be in terms of parallel algorithms.  serializing his stuff would
	be analogous to parallelizing our stuff.  bless those who make the
	transition sans pain.
	

						john sissler
						HHB-Softron

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