Re: P1788: Punish?

[Ralph Baker Kearfott <rbk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

P1788,

Market forces are hard to predict.  Also, for the past decade or so, the 
"killer apps" have NOT
been in scientific computing.  30 years ago, the leading edge in 
computing was driven by
scientific applications, and now it is being driven by popular, consumer 
issues.  I perceive this
as not just to do with interval arithmetic, but to do with scientific 
computing as a whole.
This is a mixed blessing, since the scientific community can benefit 
(e.g. with fast GPUs)
but also might have less clout in specifying what comes next.

None of this means that our standardization work is not useful or important.

Baker

Corliss, George wrote:
> P1788,
>
> Another anonymous query:
>
> And you can also pose the question, how will the marketplace punish firms
> who do NOT provide full HW support for P1788 - but rely instead on software?
> What is going to drive firms to provide P1788 in HW - with all due respect I
> don't see how P1788 is going to provide that driving force - yet.
>
>
>
> It seems to me that the interval community has yet to produce the proverbial
> "Killer app" that drives big sales.  However, I remind you of the list of
> interval accomplishments Arnold Neumaier distributed to argue for
> accomplishments of interval arithmetic without an exact dot product.
>
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