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From: rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: A tirade about inefficient software & systems
Summary: need software RISC
Message-ID: <1990Nov2.203059.13930@ico.isc.com>
Date: 2 Nov 90 20:30:59 GMT
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Organization: Interactive Systems Corporation, Boulder, CO
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al@escom.com (Al Donaldson) writes in response to my response...:

> Bloat isn't just confined to software; our hardware cousins are just as bad.
[Al includes some hardware-bloat horror stories]

I agree that bloat isn't confined to software, but I really disagree that
the hardware folks are as bad.

In particular, the CPU-makers have figured out just how big the wins can be
by going for simplicity--RISC processors easily beat CISCs.  They are
faster, move to new technology quicker, and have fewer lingering nasty
bugs.

For some time, I've wondered what the software equivalent of RISC could
be.
-- 
Dick Dunn     rcd@ico.isc.com -or- ico!rcd       Boulder, CO   (303)449-2870
   ...but Meatball doesn't work that way!