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Article #11463Re: Compilers and efficiency
From: Herman Rubin
Date: Fri, 10 May 1991 13:47
Date: Fri, 10 May 1991 13:47
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In article <28297C23.6984@tct.com>, chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
> According to hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin):
> >In article <653@ctycal.UUCP>, ingoldsb@ctycal.UUCP (Terry Ingoldsby) writes:
> >> I have got to ask. Why is it so generally important that the distance
> >> between bits can be determined efficiently. Note that I want to know,
> >> `why is it important to ME, and to the general computing base?'.
> >I believe most people are aware of the existence of simulation, including
> >Monte Carlo, or Las Vegas, methods for obtaining answers to otherwise
> >intractable problems.
> That kind of problem is not "generally important" in that it does not
> come up in the "general computing base".
That something is not important to everyone is no reason no to make it
available to those who can see a use for it.
How much of the driving public uses the low gears of automatic transmissions?
--
Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399
Phone: (317)494-6054
hrubin@l.cc.purdue.edu (Internet, bitnet) {purdue,pur-ee}!l.cc!hrubin(UUCP)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!pop.stat.purdue.edu!hrubin From: hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Compilers and efficiency Summary: What is important? Message-ID: <12164@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 10 May 91 13:47:48 GMT References: <9782@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <653@ctycal.UUCP> <28297C23.6984@tct.com> Sender: news@mentor.cc.purdue.edu Lines: 22