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Article #244Re: National changing directions?
From: Jan Steinman
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1985 20:57
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1985 20:57
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In article <6217@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes: >A friend pointed out something interesting: there is a job ad in net.jobs, >from National, asking for... RISC people!... > >Just how is this going to affect the existing 32000 line? Compatibility is >obviously out, or they wouldn't be hiring compiler and Unix people. I don't see why "compatibility is obviously out". A RISC design has higher potential for compatibility than a conventional design, through the use of emulators. A tightly-coupled emulator could provide binary compatibility, possibly with improved performance, yet allow radical improvements in performance by re-compiling the source code into RISC instructions. -- :::::: Artificial Intelligence Machines --- Smalltalk Project :::::: :::::: Jan Steinman Box 1000, MS 60-405 (w)503/685-2956 :::::: :::::: tektronix!tekecs!jans Wilsonville, OR 97070 (h)503/657-7703 ::::::
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site mako.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!orca!mako!jans From: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman) Newsgroups: net.micro.16k Subject: Re: National changing directions? Message-ID: <981@mako.UUCP> Date: Fri, 13-Dec-85 15:57:22 EST Article-I.D.: mako.981 Posted: Fri Dec 13 15:57:22 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 16-Dec-85 05:35:57 EST References: <6217@utzoo.UUCP> Reply-To: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman) Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 18