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a group in another department on campus recently asked me to compare
vaxima and smp, seems they are interested in the advertising claims
by smp people that "smp is so much better than vaxima". i am at a loss
to give a simplistic reply to their question. how about some feedback
from folks who have used both, perhaps? i suppose one should compare
not just raw speed on a few instances of problems (smp propaganda
shows a many to one ratio between vaxima and smp on a handful of 
examples), but extensibility, flexibility, applicability, etc. i guess
i'd like to pass on to these folks a whole spectrum of opinions such
as we can collect. how about it?

thanks

jim



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