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Re:z/OMG by thismat on Thursday November 05, 2009 @09:30AM (#923830)
Right, and incredibly high speeds is definitely accurate. I can't remember the amount of instructions/second our mainframe can handle, but I remember it being in the multiple hundreds of thousands.
Re:z/OMG by Tichy on Thursday November 05, 2009 @10:04AM (#923890)
Several hundred Kilohertz? :-)

It IS incredible - but modern Computers are even more incredible.

Re:z/OMG by thismat on Thursday November 05, 2009 @10:24AM (#923930)
Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not defending it. It frustrates me on a daily basis, especially without having a relational database for some critical information.
Re:z/OMG by caffeine on Thursday November 05, 2009 @10:42AM (#923969)
:) I don't think he's talking about clock cycles...