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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Macho flops versus Megaflops (was Re: ETA10-P performance)
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Date: Wed, 11-Nov-87 15:51:58 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 11 15:51:58 1987
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> Gee, what ever happened to the idea of considering the whole problem
> before leaping to a solution?

Same thing that always happens to it:  everybody says "gee, that would be
a great idea if (a) we were only interested in one problem, (b) we knew
in advance what it was like, and (c) we could afford to invest the effort
needed to understand it completely and optimize the whole system for it".
-- 
Those who do not understand Unix are |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
condemned to reinvent it, poorly.    | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry