Haven't you ever heard of things like "modular programming", "object oriented approach", "divide and conquer" and alike? What in the Wall's name are you doing when you need a distributed compiler? Linux kernel compiles on my box in 10 minutes, modules need another 10 and I'm good to go. On 10/27/2003 01:09:25 PM, "Jesse, Rich" wrote:
Some of us here at work have been using "grid computing" to compile programs...
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/distcc.xml
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Rich
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> -----Original Message----- > From: DENNIS WILLIAMS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 11:19 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: anyone have opinions on the future of the 'grid'? > > > Dick, Jared > If you look at the big picture, 20 years ago the idea of a > PC with the > throughput of a mainframe was laughable. Not so laughable today. Large > systems use many of the same components as PCs. Whether this > means the grid > is more than hype remains to be seen. But I suspect Larry > would prefer you > spent your money on Oracle licensing instead of hardware. And > this may be an > area where Oracle can keep ahead of the open-source folks. > > Dennis Williams -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jesse, Rich INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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