> Citing a paper from the mid 90s isn't a credible answer in 2016. I think it's unfair to generalize from VLIW to everything published 20+ years ago. Plenty o

> Citing a paper from the mid 90s isn't a credible answer in 2016. I think it's unfair to generalize from VLIW to everything published 20+ years ago. Plenty of the things discovered back then, or earlier, are still applicable and in production today. Your compiler picked most of its low hanging fruit ages ago. Lots of PhD theses are rehashing old ideas, often unknowingly. Results are results, what matters more is whether there's a relevant context, as you've highlighted.