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Maybe it pays to be a nut in this business, especially now that the computer industry is looking for an effective solution to the parallel programming problem.

Maybe it pays to be a nut in this business, especially now that the computer industry is looking for an effective solution to the parallel programming problem. Being nutty helps you see things that normal folks can't see.

tb 17y ago
I should expand upon my comment. Anyone who claims that, "I will argue further that moving to a signal-based, synchronous software model will not only result in an improvement of several orders of magnitude in productivity, but also in programs that are guaranteed free of defects, regardless of their complexity" is not to be taken seriously. Anyone who is really interested in this model of computation would be far better off reading this: http://jpaulmorrison.com/fbp/ http://jpaulmorrison.com/fbp/ At least J. Paul Morrison doesn't claim that his approach is infallible. Indeed he goes to some length to point out the troublesome areas and techniques to address them. The author of the OP, Louis Savain, has some other strange ideas also: http://scienceblogs.com/strangerfruit/2008/01/laugh_along_with_louis_savain.php http://scienceblogs.com/strangerfruit/2008/01/laugh_along_wi...
- sixwings 17y ago
  Well, you obviously know what you're talking about.
boryas 17y ago
Does it also pay to think Revelations contains secret truths about biology/physics and that almost all the great physicists of the 20th century were crackpots? http://www.rebelscience.org/Crackpots/nasty.htm http://www.rebelscience.org/Crackpots/nasty.htm
wmf 17y ago
Savain has been promoting COSA for years, yet he refuses to implement it or even give precise semantics for it. Even giving him the maximum benefit of the doubt, the best thing you could say about COSA is that it's interesting; there's no evidence that it works or that it has any benefits. Also, calling him a crackpot doesn't help, since it just reinforces his persecution complex.

tb 17y ago

I should expand upon my comment. Anyone who claims that, "I will argue further that moving to a signal-based, synchronous software model will not only result in an improvement of several orders of magnitude in productivity, but also in programs that are guaranteed free of defects, regardless of their complexity" is not to be taken seriously. Anyone who is really interested in this model of computation would be far better off reading this: http://jpaulmorrison.com/fbp/ http://jpaulmorrison.com/fbp/ At least J. Paul Morrison doesn't claim that his approach is infallible. Indeed he goes to some length to point out the troublesome areas and techniques to address them. The author of the OP, Louis Savain, has some other strange ideas also: http://scienceblogs.com/strangerfruit/2008/01/laugh_along_with_louis_savain.php http://scienceblogs.com/strangerfruit/2008/01/laugh_along_wi...

sixwings 17y ago
Well, you obviously know what you're talking about.

boryas 17y ago

Does it also pay to think Revelations contains secret truths about biology/physics and that almost all the great physicists of the 20th century were crackpots? http://www.rebelscience.org/Crackpots/nasty.htm http://www.rebelscience.org/Crackpots/nasty.htm

wmf 17y ago

Savain has been promoting COSA for years, yet he refuses to implement it or even give precise semantics for it. Even giving him the maximum benefit of the doubt, the best thing you could say about COSA is that it's interesting; there's no evidence that it works or that it has any benefits. Also, calling him a crackpot doesn't help, since it just reinforces his persecution complex.