Re: Pierce Explains RISC. was new mac rumors

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From: Stephen Poole
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1989 06:06

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In article <9795@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> wetter@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Pierce T. Wetter) writes:
>    Ooops, sorry. I meant many 6502 instructions take ~ 1 cycle. I obviously
>didn't expect a multiply to run in one cycle.
>Pierce

Particularly unlikely in light of the fact that the 6502 has no multiply
instruction.  

Just out of curiosity, have you ever actually written code for the 6502 or
a RISC chip?
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From: t-stephp@microsoft.UUCP (Stephen Poole)
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Subject: Re: Pierce Explains RISC. was new mac rumors
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Date: 2 Mar 89 06:06:02 GMT
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