ram@nucsrl.UUCP (Renu Raman) (07/04/87)
Well, the response has been terrific and we are out of stock on Tshirts.
Many requested the flame suit ($34.95) as they had firey topics on mind.
So all readers who want to say their Nays/Yeahs be warned that you are
not guaranteed to get the Tshirt/flame suit. The organizing commitee
has reserved some flame suits for those readers who get flamed badly.
So, don't worry. Go ahead and air your opinions - at least a flame suit
is waiting for you.
Coming to the specifics, I got more than 25+ responses. Now comes
the second part. Whom do I contact to start the newsgroup. Is it the
guys at cbosgd/gatech or ...? Anybody knowing this please let me know.
D.E.Stevenson (fpst@hubcap) mentioned about existence of comp.hypercube.
As Laura Weinstein responded, the intention for comp.arch.par was to
discuss/fight over all sorts of parallel architectures (shared/interconnect/
systolic and functional/reduction/graph reduction/dataflow .....)
& other parallel processing issues. Maybe the name comp.arch.par would
suggest "restricted to parallel architectures only". If need be we can
call it as comp.parallel. I guess, the majority of the readers are interested
in Parallel Processing in general which includes Algorithms, architectures,
OS, VLSi, benchamrks, market, manufacturers etc etc. As and when a particular
sub-field starts generating sufficient traffic/interest we can have a separate
newgroup. (wonder how many newgroups will exist 10 years from now).
Today hypercube is the most popular interconnect based architecture and the
traffic out there warrants aseaparate newsgroup.
Also, I would like to inform you of the existence of comp.sys.transputer
(not everywhere yet - for mailing list inclusion send mail to
tranputer-request@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu).
Bye and please don't swamp our mmdf mailer with more "Yeahs".
Watch for comp.*par* (!!)
Renu Raman
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P.S1:Is there any interest on bibliography for logic programming architectures?
I have a reasonable collection - close 80+ and am willing to accept more
references or share this with person(s) interested. Its in refer format.ram@shukra.UUCP (07/09/87)
> D.E.Stevenson (fpst@hubcap) mentioned about existence of comp.hypercube. > As Laura Weinstein responded, the intention for comp.arch.par was to Opps! its Lauren L. Smith - I confused this with a friend's name while writing the article. Keep watching about *par* --------------------- Renu Raman ARPA:ram%shukra@sun.com Sun Microsystems UUCP:ram@sun.uucp/...!sun!shukra!ram M/S 5-40, 2500 Garcia Avenue, Mt. View, CA 94043