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From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos)
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Scientific Computing
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 08:37:38 EDT
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> It helps draw the line between special purpose and general purpose
> environments (or, less tactfully, usable and unusable machines)..

Would it be possible to discuss this here?  (I mean, it does have to do
with OS architectures...)

I assume you mean "special purpose" environments are "usable" whereas
"general purpose" ones are "unusable"... what properties of general purpose
environments make them "unusable" for scientific/engineering computing?
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