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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: It looks like he's at it again!
Message-ID: <2917@awdprime.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jul 90 23:10:59 GMT
References: <1990Jul12.012730.4248@Stardent.COM> <64044@sgi.sgi.com> <13392@cbmvax.commodore.com> <_YV4Y9A@ggpc2.ferranti.com> <784@sibyl.eleceng.ua.OZ>
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In article <_YV4Y9A@ggpc2.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
>In article <13392@cbmvax.commodore.com>, jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) writes:
>> WordPerfect is 100% written in assembler for speed.
>
>What does it need that speed for? Like all editors, it's almost 100% I/O
>bound on the user inetrface.

Maybe for a 4Mhz 8088?

Paul Chamberlain | I do NOT represent IBM         tif@doorstop, sc30661@ausvm6
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