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Not sure if troll, but... Just because the majority cannot agree does not mean the terms are not defined. Concurrency and parallelism are quite distinct concep

Not sure if troll, but... Just because the majority cannot agree does not mean the terms are not defined. Concurrency and parallelism are quite distinct concepts (though not entirely) [1,2,3]. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_computing#Introduction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_computing#Introducti... 2. http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19455-01/806-5257/6je9h032b/index.html http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19455-01/806-5257/6je9h032b/index... 3. https://wiki.haskell.org/Parallelism_vs._Concurrency https://wiki.haskell.org/Parallelism_vs._Concurrency

zak_mc_kracken 12y ago
> Just because the majority cannot agree does not mean the terms are not defined I never said that, just that a lot of people have different definitions for these words, all contradicting each other. So in effect, these words have become meaningless.