Lightwave Logic Inc (LWLG)

[terry hallinan]

Rick,

Do you know where the hardware and software are today relative to this analogy?

No.

I only now just read here somewhat vague recollections of what Turpin has said in the past and it seems to support my speculations; e.g., "elements of parallel processing" sounds an awful lot like array processing to me but I would need a lot more to claim more than a guess where things might stand.

My first guess is that software has been mostly frozen in time waiting on the hardware.

I get the impression that all-optical hardware are around 1024 simultaneous (many to many) connections.

That's great for the hardware people picturing a huge team of horses in harness pulling a wagon but not so great on the software side herding a flock of sheep that forever have some heading off toward coyote country.

Now you know why software people are so weird. Remember those comet people?

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/End-of-the-world-commune-reportedly-saw-Comet-3127524.php

Hopefully everything will be well off the ground before that Hale-Bopp Comet spaceship returns for more passengers.

Best, Terry