Xref: utzoo comp.std.misc:137 comp.realtime:110 comp.arch:10521 comp.os.misc:960 comp.misc:6498 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!rutgers!njin!limonce From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) Newsgroups: comp.std.misc,comp.realtime,comp.arch,comp.os.misc,comp.misc Subject: Re: TRON (a little long) Message-ID: Date: 7 Jul 89 05:19:41 GMT References: <32424@apple.Apple.COM> <226@arnor.UUCP> Organization: Drew University/NJIN Lines: 22 In article <226@arnor.UUCP> uri@arnor.UUCP (Uri Blumenthal) writes: > From article <32424@apple.Apple.COM>, by baum@Apple.COM (Allen J. Baum): > > How about because the TRON hardware architecture is a really ugly > > CISC architecture which looks worse to build in hardware than the > > only somewhat ugly CISCs we already have to deal with. > > > Sorry, but I don't remember such terminology in Computer Science - ugly, > nice, beautiful... Strange. I hear and use those terms all the time. I guess that's what I get for being a CS major at a liberal arts college. I recommend you read "A Mathematician's Appology" by G.H. Hardy for a "technical" definition of "ugly". -Tom -- Tom Limoncelli -- tlimonce@drunivac.Bitnet -- limonce@pilot.njin.net Drew University -- Box 1060, Madison, NJ -- 201-408-5389 Standard Disclaimer: I am not the mouth-piece of Drew University "DEC's All-In-1 isn't completely useless, but it's a nice attempt."