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=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@ma=
th.missouri.edu>=0A=0A...snip snip...=0A=0AThe other thing I have noticed i=
s that when I split jobs using threads =0Aso that I can use several process=
ors, the speed up to the program is far =0Aless than one might expect - ind=
eed sometimes it even gets slower.=0A=0AStephen=0A=0A----------------------=
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--------=0A=0AThis is probably Amdahl's law.=0A=0ASimon=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A__=
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