Author: Robert Henry Durrett
Date: 18:38:49 06/18/02
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On June 18, 2002 at 21:08:00, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >On June 18, 2002 at 20:35:00, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: > >>Well, if people only resort to AMP when they absolutely have no choice, then >>they are unlikely to discover any of AMPs merits. It is only when they are >>willing to explore the unknown that they will see what is possible. > >The thing is, SMP is kind of a superset of AMP. You can do message passing on an >SMP computer if you want, but it's kind of a waste. (Extra work involved.) The big question in my mind is "Yes, but what ELSE can you do with AMP?" In a single processor, the interaction between parallel paths is fixed. The programmer can do little or nothing about it. But with separate processors, the programmer has more options, or more flexibility. [Or, at least, that's my perception of the situation.] > >>P.S. I hope my liberal use of smileys is keeping me out of trouble. > >I don't think you're in any trouble. :) > >-Tom
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