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From: Bruce.Hoult@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Porting OSes
Keywords: KeyKOS Multics 68000 386
Message-ID: <1990Nov21.042907.20211@actrix.co.nz>
Date: 21 Nov 90 04:29:07 GMT
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Comment-To: rteasdal@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU

In article <272cdde6.7069@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> rteasdal@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Falconer) writes:
> In article <41894@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> axaris@acsu.buffalo.edu (vassilios e axaris) writes:
> 
> >Needless to say that he was against the RISC philosophy for
> >the simple reason, that all these complex functions could not be supported
> >efficiently due to the approach's simplicity.
> >Anyone care to start a discussion on these topics? :-)
> 
> 	"Implement a hereditary mechanism capable of supporting the
> evolution of sentient life while using only four nucleotide bases?
> Stuff and nonsense!" snorted the eminent Dr. Curmudgeon.   :-)  

Since when is DNA-based life the most efficient possible way to do it?  It
works, but that's about all you can say about it.