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> Suggests the user base don't care much. And that's absolutely the case: users don't care that much, despite the teraflops inside our GPUs. While things have
by guiambros 9y ago
> Suggests the user base don't care much.
And that's absolutely the case: users don't care that much, despite the teraflops inside our GPUs.
While things have changed in the almost 30 years since "Lessons from Habitat" [1] was written, one of the conclusions is still valid nowadays: the implementation is relatively unimportant.
The entire paper is a gem; worth checking it out. It has aged wonderfully well, and I never get tired of re-reading it over the years.
[1] http://www.fudco.com/chip/lessons.html http://www.fudco.com/chip/lessons.html