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Jonathan Lewis wrote:
> Note in-line
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"Holger Baer" <holger.baer_at_science-computing.de> wrote in message news:cmnnpf$eiq$1_at_news.BelWue.DE...
>> >> 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.
I tried to reread Mike's comment. However, the page seems no longer to exist - or maybe it will reexist on the 18th? ;-)
I agree that Mike's statement is valid, nethertheless it seemed to justifiy a behaviour where one can postulate any cause/effect relation ship one wants to because one has seen it in such a complex, heavy loaded system that creating a testcase was beyond the reach of a test system, yet still get away with generalizations that this postulated (but never proofed) cause/effect will apply to other systems.
Now I have to go and find some really large-scale hardware to get your free consultancy time :-)
Cheers
Holger
Received on Tue Nov 09 2004 - 18:29:36 CST