Parallel Computing: The End of the Turing Madness

Re:Parallel Computing: The End of the Turing Madness by miriam on Wednesday March 17, 2010 @12:30AM (#1197780)

As they say, opinions are a dime a dozen. The author would say that, if the Turing Machine was relevant to parallel programming, we would not have a parallel programming crisis and you would not be reading this and getting all twisted out of shape because your idol is not what he's made out to be.

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Re:Parallel Computing: The End of the Turing Madness by jacquesm on Wednesday March 17, 2010 @12:37AM (#1197795)

Since your posting history is intricately entwined with rebel science would it be fair to ask you if you are somehow affiliated ?

So, then I could answer you like this:

I don't have any idols, and Alan Turing wouldn't be one of them but I recognize the man for what he's done and I think that personal attacks have no place in a scientific argument.

By twisting this into an argument about people the 'author' (you ?) displays a shocking lack of tact and detracts from his argument, assuming he has any to make.

The 'parallel programming crisis', as you name it is a reality, there are plenty of people working hard on getting a handle on it, and somehow all of those that are actually productive manage to do that without resorting to personal attacks. Slinging mud at a famous person is one way to become notorious, but it is not a way to achieve anything.

Achievement comes from simply going to work.

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