microcode, compilers, and supercomputer architecture

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Thu Apr 8 03:20:47 1999

Bill Yakowenko <yakowenk_at_cs.unc.edu> wrote:
> Prediction: between ten and twenty years from now, somebody will
> discover "standalone" computing; that a computer can be made to
> function even when not attached to a network. It will be a
> revolution, paving the way for systems that keep working once
> they are set up, even with evil sysadmins reconfiguring everything
> they can get their hands on three times a week.

Kind of like the classic Asimov short story about the guy that discovers
that it is possible to calculate without a calculator.
Received on Thu Apr 08 1999 - 03:20:47 BST