Re: Overview Of New Intel Core i7(Nehalem) Processor

On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:33:29 -0700, JosephKK wrote:

But you shouldn't need to write parallel code. You should be able to
specify the problem and let the compiler take care of the details.

This is starting to matter. Multiple cores are the norm even on desktop
systems now, and the trend is towards even more cores. Forcing the
programmer to partition the task manually is both fragile and costly.

Have a blast with your idea. Write the compiler. Warning, the
underlying hardware is usually strictly von Neumann procedural.

Actually, modern hardware shares some similarities with lazy evaluation
(used by most Haskell implementations), but it hides most of this to
provide compatibility with the imperative model.

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