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-- Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/seminar.html Optimising Oracle Seminar - schedule updated Sept 19th "Holger Baer" <holger.baer_at_science-computing.de> wrote in message news:cmnnpf$eiq$1_at_news.BelWue.DE...Received on Mon Nov 08 2004 - 13:03:19 CST
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> But Don and Mike finally put the cards on the desk: They can't be bothered
> with
> proofing anything they gibber out, the so called "real-world phenomenom"
> (and
> in their cases that means throw hardware at it and the problem will go
> away)
> must suffice.
>
No - read Mike's comment carefully. It is a little out of context, but he makes the perfectly valid statement that "proofs" undertaken on a PC can break down at high loads on 'real systems'. You only have to consider that PCs tend to be single-CPU systems to realise how true that can be. It's why I sometimes give away free consultancy time in exchange for temporary access to large-scale hardware.