it's interesting to reflect that the 'supercomputer' he cites is a hundred megaflops, about the same as a pentium pro in theory (though the super didn't have a cache to slow it down, so it was typically faster by over an order of magnitude.) i was using a pentium pro at the office when i first read this article. now my cellphone can manage tens of gigaflops if not hundreds
i didn't remember you were at cmu. i can't say i can think of any notable software he's written or results he's discovered, but his counsel has never been as terrible and clueless as that of 'uncle bob'
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bentley is always worth reading
it's interesting to reflect that the 'supercomputer' he cites is a hundred megaflops, about the same as a pentium pro in theory (though the super didn't have a cache to slow it down, so it was typically faster by over an order of magnitude.) i was using a pentium pro at the office when i first read this article. now my cellphone can manage tens of gigaflops if not hundreds
the bob martin mentioned is http://www.ewaygroup.com/Bob-bio.html, not the better-known ignorant blowhard
Bentley was a bit of a blow hard which really stood out in CS circles. He was around CMU at times when I was there as a student.
i didn't remember you were at cmu. i can't say i can think of any notable software he's written or results he's discovered, but his counsel has never been as terrible and clueless as that of 'uncle bob'