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Article #10257Re: Compilers and efficiency
From: herrickd
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1991 22:07
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1991 22:07
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In article <2803849F.483A@tct.com>, chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes: > According to hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin): >>There is, at present, no language designed to take into account the collection >>of "natural" useful hardware which the present users can find uses for, and >>which are far more expensive in software than in hardware. > > If Herman would write be so kind as to write a spec for such a > language, we could try to implement it. > > We're waiting, Herman... Herman, and some others, have already published a requirement spec for the language, mostly in the "bizarre instructions" thread here quite recently. Of course, it would help if someone would gather it together in a form that could be reviewed and resolve some of the contradictions. dan herrick herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!abvax!iccgcc!herrickd From: herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Compilers and efficiency Message-ID: <4275.2809dddd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> Date: 15 Apr 91 22:07:41 GMT References: <27fa3350.6bc2@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> <1991Apr5.172533.6717@agate.berkeley.edu> <9782@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <2803849F.483A@tct.com> Lines: 18