jon@anwar.UUCP (John Sissler) (05/20/85)
after attempting to understand how to re-implement von Neumann software on an MIMD architecture, i can understand the emotional (er... logical) argument for "just give me a 100 MIP processor...". i recommend electro-shock therapy for all software engineers faced with a similar task. seriously, in the future im sure software folks will be stammering "why would you want a 100 MIP processor instead of 10 10 MIP processors?". the guys thinking and his software will be in terms of parallel algorithms. serializing his stuff would be analogous to parallelizing our stuff. bless those who make the transition sans pain. john sissler HHB-Softron {allegra|decvax|ihnp4}!philabs!hhb!anwar!jon