On 2011-12-19 Mon, at 09:15 PM, John Zabroski wrote: >> I can't make a hard case for it, but I'd suggest that most of the >> utility we've gained from computers has been from communication >> and organization for more efficient resource allocation, that >> the development of tools for these areas is the largest bottleneck >> to maximizing the utility of computers and that this is generally >> not a compute bound problem. > > Everything except the last bit is correct, IMHO. > > Virtual machines, today, by and large, lack support for first-class > scheduling of resources. Reasoning about resources is all about > compute bound problems, like how much resources a client is allowed to > reserve per server request. > > We have also yet to put into practice languages which limit the client > run-time of an algorithm on a server (assuming the client can > parameterize over the server's service in some disciplined way). > > Solving this problem will eliminate virtually all IT jobs.
Sorry, I should have been more clear - I meant the allocation of resources in the general economic sense (labor, materials, etc). _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
