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Article #12082Re: What is the ratio of programs sizes CISC versus RISC
From: Wm E Davidsen Jr
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 13:08
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 13:08
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In article <1991Jun13.173625.24315@rice.edu> preston@ariel.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) writes:
| I don't much like this sort of comparison.
| More interesting is path-length comparisons (number of instructions
| actually executed).
The original asked about code size, not speed, instructions executed,
etc. I provided some data points on that.
--
bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"Most of the VAX instructions are in microcode,
but halt and no-op are in hardware for efficiency"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: What is the ratio of programs sizes CISC versus RISC Message-ID: <3430@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> Date: 14 Jun 91 13:08:58 GMT References: <pb.676737175@atperf.idca.tds.philips.nl> <3429@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <1991Jun13.173625.24315@rice.edu> Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) Organization: GE Corp R&D Center, Schenectady NY Lines: 14