Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Mar 2000 09:41:17 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: Help in DSM design |
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Jamie Lokier writes: > Richard Gooch wrote: > > No. My point is that while *some* people will be aware that their > > threaded programme run on DSM will have to be re-coded to avoid lots > > of lock movement, *most* authors of threaded programmes will be > > unaware of this. DSM discourages people from thinking. > > No of course it doesn't. First they try it. The lucky few find it is > adequate and they are happy. The rest find that their new $100,000 > cluster really sucks with DSM and have to spend the next 6 months > recoding the application to use message passing. > > They are forced to think, because they just spent $100,000 and it had > better have been worth the money :-)
Ha! I wish. Even in an environment where there is continuous budget pressure, I've still seen expensive white elephants purchassed. Bah.
Regards,
Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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