Because CPU speeds have topped off recently even though I/O speeds continue to increase, Herb Sutter posits that the Moore's Law free performance lunch is over via [Marquee de Sells: Chris's insight outlet]

Concurrency is at the stage that memory management was about a decade ago – popularly believed to be intractable at a pragmatic level, but in fact, something where relatively simple language extensions can provide a great deal of relief. COmega’s chords may be a taste of what is to come.