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In article <1993Jan2.170839.4347@vlsi.polymtl.ca> dak@shannon (Pierre Baillargeon) writes:
>Daniel Starr (starr-daniel@yale.edu) wrote:
>: In article <78903@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt7804b@prism.gatech.EDU (Wayne Edward Sheppard) writes:
>: > [deleted]
>: >
>: >If an impring had more points, wouldn't it be easier to kill?
>: >
>: Nope.  The nifty thing about an impring, after all, is that just like
>: a classic imp, each instruction prepares the very next one that executes.
>: As a result, no matter how many points there are, only one -- the one
>: about to execute -- is vulnerable to bombing/mutation at any given time.
>:
>: [deleted]
>
>  Well, a ring with more points has more vulnerable point and move slower.
Actually, no.  A single ring only has one vulnerable point:  the location
about to execute.  If you bomb any other location, it will be overwritten
before it's executed.  And all rings overwrite one location per cycle --
more points just mean those locations are spread out more.

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