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Re:The Rise and Fall of Thinking Machines (1995) by joshu on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @10:14PM (#16973541)
I took Parallel Algorithms with Blelloch and it was mind-blowing. We used NESL and not *lisp, though.
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Re:The Rise and Fall of Thinking Machines (1995) by haltingproblem on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @11:00PM (#16973713)
I took it too something like ~20 years ago and am still surprised to reuse the concepts from the course. Guy rules and rocks those silk shirts.

What is a modern day version of NESL?

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