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Re:Darpa invests $100M in a silicon compiler by mehrdadn on Friday June 29, 2018 @06:05PM (#17428203)
> We are at the top of a power curve with regard to total dollars spent, but we actually about 4th in terms of defense spending as a percent GDP

Any reason why percent GDP is the right metric? If we're normalizing I would've expected per capita instead.

Re:Darpa invests $100M in a silicon compiler by pasabagi on Friday June 29, 2018 @06:43PM (#17428412)
Then the Vatican would be topping the charts.
Re:Darpa invests $100M in a silicon compiler by mehrdadn on Friday July 06, 2018 @01:17AM (#17469050)
You sure about this? Any citations? I saw somewhere that it'd be Saudi Arabia.