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My favorite quote from the Feynman lectures on computation: “All we would lose by the omission of ‘parallel processing’ is speed, nothing fundamental. We talk
by fat_cantor 2y ago
My favorite quote from the Feynman lectures on computation:
“All we would lose by the omission of ‘parallel processing’ is speed, nothing fundamental.
We talked earlier about computer science not being a real science...”
- lincpa 2y ago[dead]
- Ar-Curunir 2y agoI mean, that is definitely spoken from a place of ignorance. Yes, from a surface-level perspective, parallel computers can compute whatever a non-parallel computer can, and nothing more. However, deeper thinking about parallelism has inspired open problems in a diverse array of fields within CS, including computer architecture, operating systems, distributed systems, PL, and even theoretical computer scientists. People have won various prizes in their respective fields for solving some of these open problems.