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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is 'MAKEOPTS="--jobs --load-average=5"' silly?
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:46:54
Message-Id: 5155D37D.1080005@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Is 'MAKEOPTS="--jobs --load-average=5"' silly? by "»Q«"
1 »Q« wrote:
2 > On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:54:37 +0000
3 > Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
4 >
5 >> On 29 March 2013, at 03:36, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
6 >>>> ...
7 >>>>> I can only imagine he was pointing out that you have a single CPU
8 >>>>> with four cores in it.
9 >>>> You're right, of course. I should have said /cores/.
10 >>> Cores or CPUs.. in this context it's *almost*, __NOT EXACTLY__ same.
11 >> Which is exactly what was so twitch inducing!
12 > Whatever you do, don't read the first sentence at
13 > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-core_processor>.
14 >
15 >
16 >
17
18 Especially this FIRST part:
19
20 "A *multi-core processor* is a single computing
21 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing> component . . ."
22
23 So, it is a SINGLE component. To me, CPUs means having more than one
24 CPU component, such as dual CPUs or even quad CPUs which used to be
25 fairly common.
26
27 I have a single CPU computer. It has 4 cores but a single CPU. I hope
28 to upgrade one day to a 8 core CPU. I'll still have a single CPU
29 component installed tho.
30
31 This is getting really funny. ROFL You can tell when the list is
32 getting slow when we start parsing each word and each words meaning. ;-)
33
34 Dale
35
36 :-) :-)
37
38 --
39 I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is 'MAKEOPTS="--jobs --load-average=5"' silly? Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>