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Article #12178Re: small instructions
From: Richard A. O'Keefe
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 11:03
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 11:03
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In article <4V=BO6D@xds13.ferranti.com>, peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes: > I disagree strongly. The kangaroo is a very efficient design, and uses far > less energy in motion than any other biped and most quadrupeds. > Now the Kangaroo's reproductive system is a bit of a kludge, but that's not > what's being discussed here. The kangaroo's reproductive system is also very efficient. In fact, it is a three-stage pipeline, the first stage of which can be stalled. -- Q: What should I know about quicksort? A: That it is *slow*. Q: When should I use it? A: When you have only 256 words of main storage.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!munnari.oz.au!goanna!ok From: ok@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Richard A. O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: small instructions Message-ID: <6390@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> Date: 19 Jun 91 11:03:40 GMT References: <13395@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <195@armltd.uucp> <BC-BR@xds13.ferranti.com> <4V=BO6D@xds13.ferranti.com> Distribution: comp Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia Lines: 14