By: aaron spink (aaronspink.delete@this.notearthlink.net), July 27, 2012 9:25 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
jp (jipe4153.delete@this.gmail.com) on July 27, 2012 7:08 am wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Nice article, i like to do similar comparisons myself from time to
> time.
>
> I would like to add that for MOST commercial applications SP
> computations is a viable option. DP is most often a scientific research
> requirement ( some people will disagree here but that's because they dont know
> how analyze their code... :-).
>
It in most cases isn't about analyzing code but about not having to rewrite later when you initial analysis no longer works.
And DP matters in many cases with the vast majority not being in scientific research. Even computer graphics in the film industry has run into SP issues.
> Hi David,
>
> Nice article, i like to do similar comparisons myself from time to
> time.
>
> I would like to add that for MOST commercial applications SP
> computations is a viable option. DP is most often a scientific research
> requirement ( some people will disagree here but that's because they dont know
> how analyze their code... :-).
>
It in most cases isn't about analyzing code but about not having to rewrite later when you initial analysis no longer works.
And DP matters in many cases with the vast majority not being in scientific research. Even computer graphics in the film industry has run into SP issues.



