Re: Position of MS regarding the future C++ Standard

From:
"William DePalo [MVP VC++]" <willd.no.spam@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Mon, 9 Oct 2006 13:28:11 -0400
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"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net> wrote in message
news:egdjjl$bop$1@news.datemas.de...

On the other hand if Intel can really manage to get 80 core machines
to go mainstream

http://news.com.com/Intel+pledges+80+cores+in+five+years/2100-1006_3-6119618.html

then it will hardly matter how much more performant C++ is over C#.


You'd like to think that, wouldn't you?


Well, I'd like a machine that is an order of magnitude faster than this one,
and which uses less power, and which generates less heat and which costs
less. Oh, and by the way, I'd like a Ferrari, too. :-)

What I'm afraid the most is that the OS has to be made capable of
handling many CPUs, and if it isn't done right, all the time will be
spent pushing the thread around between processors, like balls in
a pinball machine, and it won't matter what language your program
is written it, they all will work slow (instead of all working at the
same relative speed as before, as they should).


This is one thing that I'm not worried about. It reminds me of the line in
"Field of dreams". If Intel builds an 80 core machine, the o/s to exploit
will come.

Regards,
Will

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