On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Steve Dekorte <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 2011-12-20 Tue, at 11:55 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:50:36AM -0800, Steve Dekorte wrote: > >> Could you describe how more compute power helps you write the app I > described faster? > > > > It is a really narrow problem space I'm not familiar with. I presume > > this isn't about scheduling, but about UI and usability? > > Well, take a look at the software that touches the lives of a typical > person on a typical day (since we are looking at the utility that computers > provide) and ask if a 1000x faster machine would help write that software > faster when compared to sw tools such as gc, frameworks, etc. AFAICS, it > would not. > > In as much as faster machines make better tools more practical, I'd agree > they are helpful for this. But most developers are already sitting in front > of idle machines. Just what is it they are spending their time doing and > what can we do to help them are the questions I feel we should be, but > aren't really asking. > > A use case you describe does not need the computing power of tomorrow. Your use case is rather similar to what Engelbart had in his demo 40 years ago (his shopping list) And he made that possible on a super computer of his age. I don't think that computer was idle most of the time during that demo. What will a use case of 40 years in the future look like ? I hope I don't book meetings in a Excel form then ;-) Karl
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