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From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Computers for users not programmers
Message-ID: <27B19A39.321E@tct.uucp>
Date: 7 Feb 91 18:19:36 GMT
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According to hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin):
>There is the mistaken view that hardware should be designed to particular
>languages, and never mind that some programs may be many times slower
>because of the lack of particular instructions.

Machines have been designed for efficient execution in the most common
cases.  If the most common cases are compiled C and Fortran programs,
optimizing the hardware for those cases is only natural.

Remember, Herman, your instruction mix is radically atypical.