> the multicore machines are already here and you can already see that nothing has changed
Really? I see lots of change, I look at problems and solutions differently and care if a piece of technology can use multicores. Just because you keep your head in the sand doesn't mean multicore isn't changing the world and leaving you behind.
Agreed. When I write code on a single core machine, then watch it peg only a single core when I run it on a multicore machine, I start thinking about changing languages. That's a pretty big change! [Before you say I should leverage features in my current language to perform better on multicore machines, keep in mind that's also a big change! I'd rather switch to a language that does it for me, or at least makes it trivial.]
Really? I see lots of change, I look at problems and solutions differently and care if a piece of technology can use multicores. Just because you keep your head in the sand doesn't mean multicore isn't changing the world and leaving you behind.