You can't get a threaded piece of code to work on x86 and expect no problems when porting it to Sparc.
Threaded code works just fine unchanged on SPARC and x86; see the Solaris codebase for plenty of examples. =) With very few exceptions, all features available on SPARC are required to be available on x86 as well.
Hell, I don't think Sun even offers an x86 version of their C/C++ compiler.
Search on store.sun.com for part FC9II-602-T999, Forte C 6 update 2 for Intel. The SunONE Studio 7 Compiler Collection seems only to be available (externally) for SPARC, but expect that the 8.0 compilers will be available for both platforms.
Just do a google search for Shatner Tambourine, and you'll find hundreds of hits.
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Why would the electoral college have to have a three-quarters majority (16 of 21 votes) to elect a candidate? Ours only requires a simple majority, which in this case would be (rounded) 12.
Of course, you can rig the numbers pretty much any way you want when you're this close to the 50% mark. (I don't necessarily disagree with your conclusion, though.)
And, when you're in a genocidal situation, a democratic vote may not be your best option anyway. Hopefully it is an option, though.;-)
There's an overwhelming amount of good SciFi out there; hence the massive number of responses here.
One of the things I most enjoy reading is Gardner Dozois' yearly anthology, The Year's Best Science Fiction, now in it's 20th(?) year. Dozois is the editor for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, so he sees a lot of fiction cross his desk. In addition, many of the Hugo and Nebula candidates and finalists are published in his magazine.
These anthologies have about 25 stories of varying length (from short stories to short novels), and cover a wide variety of sub-genres. He also includes a lengthy run-down of the year in science fiction -- the publishing industry, new authors, cons, and always a long list of obituaries. In short, it's a wonderful, broad introduction to the genre.
One word of caution, though. The stories are often not light, and while usually not inappropriate for a thirteen year-old (that's something for you to decide!), they may be difficult going. You'll probably want to talk about them together.
Another note is that although they go back twenty years, they only go back twenty years.:) Science Fiction has been around for over two hundred years (going back to Frankenstein and Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), but I'll leave you to all the other posts for more suggestions there.
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You can't get a threaded piece of code to work on x86 and expect no problems when porting it to Sparc.
Threaded code works just fine unchanged on SPARC and x86; see the Solaris codebase for plenty of examples. =) With very few exceptions, all features available on SPARC are required to be available on x86 as well.
Hell, I don't think Sun even offers an x86 version of their C/C++ compiler.
Search on store.sun.com for part FC9II-602-T999, Forte C 6 update 2 for Intel. The SunONE Studio 7 Compiler Collection seems only to be available (externally) for SPARC, but expect that the 8.0 compilers will be available for both platforms.
Just do a google search for Shatner Tambourine, and you'll find hundreds of hits.
Of course, you can rig the numbers pretty much any way you want when you're this close to the 50% mark. (I don't necessarily disagree with your conclusion, though.)
And, when you're in a genocidal situation, a democratic vote may not be your best option anyway. Hopefully it is an option, though. ;-)
One of the things I most enjoy reading is Gardner Dozois' yearly anthology, The Year's Best Science Fiction, now in it's 20th(?) year. Dozois is the editor for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, so he sees a lot of fiction cross his desk. In addition, many of the Hugo and Nebula candidates and finalists are published in his magazine.
These anthologies have about 25 stories of varying length (from short stories to short novels), and cover a wide variety of sub-genres. He also includes a lengthy run-down of the year in science fiction -- the publishing industry, new authors, cons, and always a long list of obituaries. In short, it's a wonderful, broad introduction to the genre.
One word of caution, though. The stories are often not light, and while usually not inappropriate for a thirteen year-old (that's something for you to decide!), they may be difficult going. You'll probably want to talk about them together.
Another note is that although they go back twenty years, they only go back twenty years. :) Science Fiction has been around for over two hundred years (going back to Frankenstein and Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), but I'll leave you to all the other posts for more suggestions there.
Have fun!
Danek