From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 29 22:54:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73FD816A4CE for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:54:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from imo-m28.mx.aol.com (imo-m28.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D870A43D46 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:54:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from EM1897@aol.com) Received: from EM1897@aol.com by imo-m28.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r5.33.) id n.7d.66252db7 (15864) for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:54:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from mblk-d12 (mblk-d12.mblk.aol.com [205.188.212.196]) by air-id06.mx.aol.com (v104.18) with ESMTP id MAILINID63-3df84249dc8ba9; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:54:03 -0500 Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:54:03 -0500 Message-Id: <8C702C956A86CA7-C38-9C1F@mblk-d12.sysops.aol.com> From: em1897@aol.com References: 6667 <20050328142522.40982.qmail@web90210.mail.scd.yahoo.com> <1802825135.20050328164920@wanadoo.fr> <8C701C5A7BE6FEE-4B8-3F7A1@mblk-d50.sysops.aol.com> <1873266905.20050328201452@wanadoo.fr> <8C701F3D30DD9E0-418-84A@mblk-d49.sysops.aol.com> <166745080.20050329000307@wanadoo.fr> <8C701FD99D77BA3-418-1271@mblk-d49.sysops.aol.com> <336611005.20050329064359@wanadoo.fr> <8C7029BC7FFDCF4-FA4-65B4@mblk-r21.sysops.aol.com> <738586666.20050329210240@wanadoo.fr> <8C702B0415B9B8E-E8C-82C8@mblk-d21.sysops.aol.com> <347498369.20050329222031@wanadoo.fr> Received: from 24.47.89.83 by mblk-d12.sysops.aol.com (205.188.212.196) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:54:03 -0500 X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI X-MB-Message-Type: User In-Reply-To: <347498369.20050329222031@wanadoo.fr> X-Mailer: AOL WebMail 1.0.0.11984 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-AOL-IP: 205.188.212.196 Subject: Re: hyper threading. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:54:07 -0000 No, I think the biggest changes are that 1) Processor speed is rarely the key limiting factor and 2) Memory efficiency is much less a concern. In the old days if you weren't a very good programmer you did something else. Today anyone can crank out code that works (linux anyone?). And processors are so fast that most people don't notice, as is evidenced by this thread. -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Atkielski To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:20:31 +0200 Subject: Re: hyper threading. em1897@aol.com writes: > Thats because you seem unable to grasp modern concepts. None were under discussion. > If you think that performance criteria > of modern controllers and processors are the same > as 30 years ago, then you are incapable of commenting > on anything modern. The principles of "modern" controllers are surprisingly similar to those of "old" controllers. The biggest change is that the PC world is only now discovering what mainframe designers knew 40 years ago. -- Anthony _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"