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Avoid argument by testing using the actual workload for which the machine will be used.
Problems:
- Details of the program to be solved and the algorithms used to solve it, are sure
to evolve with time. Will this expose weakness in the architecture?
- What about machines which are supposed to be ``general-purpose''?
Paul H J Kelly
Mon Nov 17 01:24:12 GMT 1997