12 Apr
2012
12 Apr
'12
3:27 p.m.
On 12 Apr 2012 at 15:05, Eric Smith wrote:
Chuck Guzis wrote:
I take your point, but there's a difference between calling something
a "duck" and a "super-duck". The first is largely an accepted term
of art; the second is more of a qualitative judgement. (Is a
superduck just a duck that wears lederhosen--or are there other
requirements?). It helps if the thing was called that by some
contemporary industry source.
--Chuck
I don't recall CDC ever calling the 6600 a
"supercomputer"; they may
have done so with the 7600--they certainly did so with the STAR (ca.
1969).
Whether it was called a "supercomputer" at the time, and whether it
was a supercomputer, are two different questions.
Karl Benz created an automobile in 1885, but he didn't call it that.