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Article: 14326 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: "Rupert Pigott" <roo@dark-try-removing-this-boong.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Columbia U Computing History - New stuff
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 12:43:13 +0100
Organization: Titanic Enterprises Unlimited
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References: <bagsiu$6d7$1@watsol.cc.columbia.edu> <3eccc250$1_2@news.iglou.com> <baivhm$s2o$1@watsol.cc.columbia.edu> <3ecd7aae$1@news.ucsc.edu>
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"Eugene Miya" <eugene@cse.ucsc.edu> wrote in message
news:3ecd7aae$1@news.ucsc.edu...
[SNIP]
> As this is a cross post, a.f.c has an occasional shill for IBM who posts
> as lwinsome (and attempts to set X-no-archive) and tries to get people
> to say the STRETCH was a supercomputer (sort of arguably, too).
To be honest I don't really care if a machine is or is
not a supercomputer. Supercomputer appears to be a term
used for marketing machines that will cost as much as a
customer can pay and more.
What I'm interested in is does it supply an elegant
solution to a problem... In terms of ILP and 'might is
right' arguably STRETCH won the war even if it lost a
battle or two. :)
Cheers,
Rupert