[LUAU] the backlash against Apple has started, enabled by Ubuntu (*)

[Matt Darnell]

On 6/29/06, Jim Thompson <jim at netgate.com> wrote:
>
> On Jun 29, 2006, at 1:17 PM, Matt Darnell wrote:
>
> > On 6/29/06, Matt Darnell <mattdarnell at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 6/29/06, Jim Thompson <jim at netgate.com> wrote:
> >> >  Sure was fun to see linux probe and enable "32" CPUs
> >> > (8 threads x 4 cores).
> >>
> >> How did that run?  Are there any applicaitons you found that could
> >> make use of '32' processors?  You can't get blood from a rock, but it
> >> seems like if a bunch of apps could have a dedicated 'CPU' it
> >> would be
> >> quicker responding.
> >>
> >> -M
> >>
> >
> > The try-n-buy applicatoin asks this question:
> > Is your application multi-threaded with low floating point content?
> >
> > Anyone know what 'low floating point content' is?
>
> Does your C/Java code contain a lot of "float" or "double"
> variables?   Does it do a lot with them?
>
> If you're running Python, perl or PHP its a bit more difficult to check.

I have no idea, I will have to ask......