"Memory is like an orgasm - it's better when you don't have to fake it." "You can't fake what you don't have". "In this business, you can't fake what you don't have"
"If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?" -- Seymour Cray Scene: 1979 Cray Research, Inc. Annual Meeting Lutherin Brotherhood Building, Minneapolis, Mn. Q & A period, after the address by the Officers of the Company, Q: "Mr. Cray, ... Since you seem to have implemented almost all of the current schemes published in the scientific press on improving performance in your systems, I was wondering why you didn't also provide for virtual memeory?" A: From Mr. Cray: "Well as you know, over the years I have provided the largest physical memories available for use. The addition of a "virtual memory" scheme would have added another level of hardware and hardware addressing delays in accessing code and data. I believe that it's better to spend the resource providing for a larger overall memory system for the programmer. ... Historically, this is what the programmers have preferred." --
