jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) (08/23/85)
> It helps draw the line between special purpose and general purpose > environments (or, less tactfully, usable and unusable machines).. Would it be possible to discuss this here? (I mean, it does have to do with OS architectures...) I assume you mean "special purpose" environments are "usable" whereas "general purpose" ones are "unusable"... what properties of general purpose environments make them "unusable" for scientific/engineering computing? -- Shyy-Anzr: J. Eric Roskos UUCP: ..!{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!peora!jer US Mail: MS 795; Perkin-Elmer SDC; 2486 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32809-7642 "Zbba Cvr!"