🚀 go-pugleaf

Well, I can't resist.  Whoever said you should be at Supercomputing '92
to resolve this question was right.  I found out the true answer last
night: great parties.

I first went to TMC's party.  They had rented out an entire *very*
nice restaurant.  Drinks were free (and they had Sam Adams lager and
Oktoberfest as well as some local brews on tap) and the food was
incredible.

Having been tipped off to get to Intel's party at one of the main hotels
by 9:30, which was when the follow-up party would be announced, I left
TMC's and rushed over.  Got there just as the Minnesota Vikings cheer-
leaders were handing out Intel medallions and shepherding people onto
buses.  The buses took us to Prince's nightclub, _Glam Slam_, where
Intel had rented a very large room.  Again free drinks (but no really
good brews) and good food (although not nearly as good as TMC's).
[Unfortunately, it seemed to me that some of the attendees appeared
somewhat, uh, shall we say, less than comfortable at _Glam Slam_.]

Very different approaches, but both fun.  I must say I think I preferred
TMC's overall.

So *that* is what people are paying for when they buy a supercomputer!

-John

P.S.  To preempt any comments about boondoggles, etc., let me just say
      that the technical content of this meeting has been excellent,
      and that I was here at 8:30 AM this morning for the panel
      discussion/debate titled "Which Fortran for High-Performance
      Computing?", which was lots of fun.  But that's for another post.

P.P.S.  This is also the most well-organized conference I've ever attended.