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On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:26:41 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: |
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> Something that I always wondered about - does it |
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> actually *lose* speed? IOW: Is it, *IN* *TOTAL* |
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> slower to do multiple emerges in parallel compared |
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> to doing them sequentially? |
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It could be faster, when one emerge is in a CPU-intensive stage while |
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another is in an I/O-intensive stage. At that point, the computer would |
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be working harder than on either emerge individually. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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I have plenty of talent and vision. I just don't give a damn. |
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