Re: Bandwidth and RISC vs. CISC

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From: Keith Bierman Sun Tactical Engin...
Date: Mon, 01 May 1989 03:00

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In article <39049@bbn.COM> slackey@BBN.COM (Stan Lackey) writes:
>In article <100524@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> dgh%dgh@Sun.COM (David Hough) writes:
>>In article <38971@bbn.COM>, slackey@bbn.com (Stan Lackey) writes:
>>> 
>>> I have a real problem with anything that includes IEEE floating point
>>> AND calls itself a RISC.  IEEE FP violates every rule of RISC; it has
............. deleted

>I agree - I was just quoting the RISC guys.

Which RISC guys ? Note dgh's (and my) corporate affiliation ... :>:>

Keith H. Bierman      |*My thoughts are my own. Only my work belongs to Sun*
It's Not My Fault     |	Marketing Technical Specialist 
I Voted for Bill &    |   Languages and Performance Tools. 
Opus            (* strange as it may seem, I do more engineering now     *)

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From: khb@fatcity.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman Sun Tactical Engineering)
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Subject: Re: Bandwidth and RISC vs. CISC
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Date: 1 May 89 03:00:31 GMT
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