A general cosmological principle — Aleph — is proposed as a substitute to the Anthropic principle. Furthermore, the universe, conceived as a world ensemble, is characterized by many (possibly infinite) X-Life world principles. The only known X-Life world principle recovers much of the Anthropic conjecture. The inescapable final conclusion is the formulation of the Strong Copernicus principle.

Massively parallel processors introduces new demands on software systems with respect to performance , scalability, robustness and portability. The increased complexity of the memory systems and the increased range of problem sizes for which a given piece of software is used poses serious challenges for software developers. The Connection Machine Scientiic Software Library, CMSSL, uses several ...