On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:26:41 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote:

> Something that I always wondered about - does it
> actually *lose* speed? IOW: Is it, *IN* *TOTAL*
> slower to do multiple emerges in parallel compared
> to doing them sequentially?

It could be faster, when one emerge is in a CPU-intensive stage while
another is in an I/O-intensive stage. At that point, the computer would
be working harder than on either emerge individually. 


-- 
Neil Bothwick

I have plenty of talent and vision. I just don't give a damn.

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