[Info-vax] Looking for some text search ideas

[Paul Sture]

On 2014-09-26, johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk <johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hein: Use 2 (or 10) passes each processing 1/2 (or 1/10) of the data. :-)
>
> David: I don't see how this would help ??
>
> Me: Find a way to split the workload across multiple concurrent threads
> of execution, which then means it can be spread across multiple
> processors, thereby reducing the time to completion. 4 processors =>
> roughly a quarter of the single-processor elapsed time, though the
> actual effort required will increase slightly... maybe.

Or move it up to 10,000 processors or so and call it MapReduce :-)

> Either that, or you missed Hein's :-)

My first take of Hein's suggestion started me off on a different train
of thought.  Need to consult last Monday's reading material so I don't
spout rubbish on that one :-)

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