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From: sjorr@rose.waterloo.edu (Stephen Orr)
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Subject: Re: Benchmarks (was: Re: A2620)
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Date: 16 Jun 89 04:46:21 GMT
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In article <600@bnr-fos.UUCP> schow%BNR.CA.bitnet@relay.cs.net (Stanley Chow) writes:
>I had always thought the same thing. Then I started to work with the latest
>processor chips from both companies. I think Intel has learnt to make their
>chips more friendly to programmers (at least to OS types). It is not clear
>to me if Motorola cares about friendliness to either EE or programmers.

    Just in case your not looking (and I know this is a detail) I'd much rather
program a machine like the 030 when writing an OS, it has linked list assembly
commands, (not Macros!). Now what else could you do to make programing an OS
friendly?

    By the way, I'm both a programmer and an EE, and I've worked with both, and
while I don't think I'll ever program a Mac, I'll take a 68000 series over any
Intel product I've used so far...

				Stephen Orr

{ The opinions expressed herin ARE those of my employer...
				... I'm self employed!		- sjorr }