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From: ccplumb@watnot.UUCP (Colin Plumb)
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Subject: Re: Speed is the one true performance metric
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Date: Tue, 4-Nov-86 15:21:34 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  4 15:21:34 1986
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(in response to my posting)...
>
>I really fail to see how an immediate or rapid answer you can't trust
>is of any use at all.

Hm... you have a point there.  I was thinking of reliability as an up/down
distinction.  You're right that a wrong answer is even worse than no answer.
Still, incorrect answers are rarely hardware faults... They're more usually
software problems.

        -Colin Plumb (ccplumb@watnot.UUCP)