Top 500 super computers list

[aidanjt]

What would you do if i told you they have just ordered a 800 CPU grid just for this

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/excel/archiv...computing.aspx

There are many problems where the cost of making the code is far higher than doubling the size of a grid. Especially when a 6 hour delay isn't an issue.

I'd still vomit at the flagrant spreadsheet abuse.

self->faith_in_humanity-=16;

[TheAnimus]

Oh you have no idea what some people do with a spreadsheet.

I've seen excel apps where everything has been re-styled, all the tool bars replaced, the icon changed, and windows inserted all over the place, with the grid re-regioned and sized.

Excel is awesome, it must run so many trillions of dollars.

[badass]

I can guess. We have plenty of people using Matlab for their work, not really caring that they could do it several thousand times faster in C++ or F77.

Why suggest using C++ or F77 when machine code is so much faster

[aidanjt]

Why suggest using C++ or F77 when machine code is so much faster

People might take that statement literally.

[oolon]

Personally I find assembler a lot faster to write than machine code. (I have done (and had included) an assembler patch for gcc!)

[directhex]

Fortran maps reasonably well from how several disciplines learn mathematics. Assembly doesn't.

[j00lz]

I noticed 4 of those super computers were for weta digital used to render avatar