However, we believe that the theory of parallel computation, even if it does
not provide all the answers, contributes to a better understanding of these "real
world" problems.
Some of the theoretical results we reviewed here could be directly ap-
plicable to practice. Let us close our exposition with two such examples.
1. Piecewise linear programs are a class of parallelizable programs that is
rich in expressive power and easy to use. They are the natural candidates
for efficient database system extensions. Sufficient conditions such as
Proposition 2 clearly identify this potential. From the point of view of
parallel algorithms ...
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