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From: David Brown on 28 May 2010 03:03 On 28/05/2010 06:29, Tim Wescott wrote: > On 05/27/2010 05:09 PM, larwe wrote: >> On May 27, 2:43 pm, Grant Edwards<inva...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >> >>> Task Deskcription Assignee Duration >>> ---- -------------------------------------- -------- ------------- >>> 1 Choose processor c.a.e 20-30 years >>> 2 Choose lanugage and compiler c.a.e infinity >> >> Nah, you are not paying sufficient homage to the gods of parallel >> working. Within 20-30�s, everyone in c.a.e will have formed a firm, >> entrenched and utterly unassailable opinion as to questions 1 and 2. >> Properly funded, this will result in step 3: Begin 4,733,196 parallel >> projects with different toolchains/processors/design approaches. >> *THAT* is where the infinite part of the timeline begins. > > Sort of like quantum computing, where every possible algorithmic path is > taken until the thing coalesces at an answer -- except I'm not sure we'd > manage that last step. > Sounds even more like quantum computing! Or perhaps it's like that other great fad - DNA computing, where you know the answer is there somewhere in your testtube of evil-smelling green slime. The trick is to find the answer strand before it evolves teeth and chews through the glass... |