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(minor) GUI: Change text from "processors" to "threads" #139

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
To reflect the change of maximum threads to 4x processor count, the text should 
be changed to Threads to be clearer on what it is for.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by kel.bolden@gmail.com on 9 Nov 2010 at 12:50

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I agree that "processors" has a non-intuitive meaning. However, I am not sold 
on "threads" being the right word. What about:

Approaches
Populations
Attempts
Channels
Competing Build Orders

Original comment by qwerty10...@gmail.com on 9 Nov 2010 at 1:53

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Threads seemed like the logical choice to me, in-line with other programs which 
use concurrent tasks (super-pi comes to mind).

In terms of other suggestions:

Approaches - unclear? Sounds like the total number of different "routes" to try.

Populations - Seems reasonable, but to people unfamiliar with EA would not be 
clear what it meant

Attempts - misleading, implies more "the total number of tries" i.e. try 4 
times then give up

Channels - also a tad unclear as to what it would do.

Competing Build Orders - Probably the clearest of the suggestions, but quite 
verbose.

A variation on Threads could be Simultaneous Threads, but as with Competing 
Build Orders it's a bit on the long side.

Original comment by kel.bolden@gmail.com on 9 Nov 2010 at 2:02

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I vote for "threads" or maybe even getting rid of it altogether.  I mean if 
your computer has 2 processors, then having more than 2 threads won't result in 
much of a speed up, will it?

Original comment by mike.angstadt on 10 Nov 2010 at 3:24

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Earlier versions limited the number of threads to the number of cores, however, 
having more competing builds or threads means greater variety and even though 
each strain evolves slower, there are more strains (so more chances for it to 
find a good build). I have 2 cores and I find 4 threads finds good solutions 
faster than 2.

After thinking on it I'm not so sold on "Threads" either, I think Competing 
{something}  or Simultaneous {something}, or even [Max] Concurrent {something}

Original comment by kel.bolden@gmail.com on 11 Nov 2010 at 4:19

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Maybe 'Chambers' with a popup explaining that each working 'evolution chamber' 
tries a different upgrade path and that's it's recommended to be around the 
number of CPU cores on the machine?

Original comment by netpr...@gmail.com on 22 Mar 2011 at 8:03