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____/ Matt on Wednesday 04 February 2009 00:09 : \____
Sinister Midget wrote:
On 2009-02-03, chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
"All BlueGene machines run Linux..."
Too bad. They should put Visduh on it, so we could finally see Visduh
run at a decent rate.
Are you sure it has the needed horsepower?
Actually that is interesting. I wonder what compilers they use with
these (Linux) supercomputers. IME Visual C++ is far better optimized
than gcc, so it would seem to have an advantage for programs that don't
do a lot of file access (NTFS is way slow).
I don't expect Vista's cost is much of a deterrent. MS would probably
give them Windows licenses dirt cheap for the prestige of running
supercomputers.
IBM and Microsoft? Not so likely. Marketing stunts are easier to sell to the
feeble, like Cray.