James Knott wrote: > [...] So back in those days, you'd > have computers & languages designed for business or scientific use. It > wasn't until the early - mid sixties that "general purpose" computers > started to appear. With computer power so cheap these days, such > optimization is no longer needed.
This is not entirely true. Just look at what is nowadays known as reconfigurable hardware or FPGAs. This is a form of adjusting hardware in order to run software (algorithms) with optimized speed. In other words, such an optimization still exists and is used in HPC. Sometimes, it's even necessary because the compute requirements easily exceed traditional "general purpose" processor solutions... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
