Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 22:13:07 09/04/02
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On September 04, 2002 at 18:38:17, Dann Corbit wrote: >My take on the matter (in one paragraph): >Robert wrote a paper on parallel speedup, showing a 1.7 increase for 2 CPU's (as >derived from his more general formula). Vincent was unable to reproduce this >sort of speedup, and thought the research was faulty. Robert agreed that the >test set was limited and you won't always get that sort of speedup, but as an >average (over a broad set of positions) that's about what he got. There has >been some acrimony over whether superlinear speedups are possible. I think that >the jury is still out on that one. > >At any rate, that's my take on the whole thing. > >Vincent always sees things in pure, jet black or gleaming, powder white. If >something isn't terrific, then it is pure junk. While I think his mode of >interesting is a bit odd, it's one of the things that make Vincent interesting. You say "interesting", and I suppose that in the arena of CC, he does relatively little harm, except to himself (and his sponsors!). But in the real world, people like that can cost a company millions of dollars. You get a programmer like that running your mainframe chargeback system for example, and it's no longer interesting or funny. When fallacious thinking and leaps of illogic, combined with an unteachable attitude get converted into code, the consequences are devastating. Believe me, I've seen it first hand. Regards, > >Robert has always been a man of strong convictions, and if you call him a >'noo-noo head' he'll call you one back. He isn't one to back down when he >thinks he is right. That's one of the things I like about Dr. Hyatt. > >When these two styles happen to ram into one another, the sparks are sure. A >philosophical question is often asked: >"What happens when an immovable object meets an irresistable force?" > >The 'debate' is an answer to that question. >;-)
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