Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Christopher F Clark Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Who said "Embarrassingly Serial or Embarrassingly Sequential" Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 10:21:37 +0300 Organization: Compilers Central Sender: johnl%iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <24-05-004@comp.compilers> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="47398"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: history, parallel, question Posted-Date: 25 May 2024 12:53:49 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:3569 I have this recollection that Preston Briggs was cited for saying that FAs were "embarrassingly serial" and hard to parallelize, probably while he was still at Rice. However, a search of the web doesn't show me a citation of who said this, what they said, when they said it, or where. So, I'm hoping that someone on this group has a better memory than I and in particular a pointer to some place that establishes that someone once said this that I can credit for it. -- ****************************************************************************** Chris Clark email: christopher.f.clark@compiler-resources.com Compiler Resources, Inc. Web Site: http://world.std.com/~compres 23 Bailey Rd voice: (508) 435-5016 Berlin, MA 01503 USA twitter: @intel_chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------