> Of course, all this SMP support stuff slows down the runtime system even if there is only one processor, which is the case for almost all our users... > What

> Of course, all this SMP support stuff slows down the runtime system even if there is only one processor, which is the case for almost all our users... > What about hyperthreading? Well, I believe it's the last convulsive movement of SMP's corpse :-) Oh how things have changed. This was written before it was clear just how much of a disaster the P4 was, so it was a pretty reasonable position at the time.