lyonstb <lyo### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
: yes I understand that it is single
: threaded but don't you think that number
: crunchin code (like povray) would run
: faster on a computer that was built for
: utra fast number crunching???

  The speed of the cray (and other super)computers is based on the amount of
processors (from hundreds to several thousands) and the amount of memory
(usually several gigabytes). The processors themselves are not very fast;
AFAIK the fastest P3 can beat one of them.
  What you should do is to get a version of povray that can be run in
several threads (eg. PVM-Pov). Then you will achieve speeds that can be
even hundreds of times faster than with a Pentium.

-- 
main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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