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From: herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Second-generation RISC
Message-ID: <4027.27f2ffb2@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
Date: 29 Mar 91 13:49:53 GMT
References: <6128@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> <7425@titcce.cc.titech.ac.jp> <3189@inews.intel.com> <705@seqp4.UUCP> <3291@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
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In article <3291@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>, davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) writes:
> bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
>         "Most of the VAX instructions are in microcode,
>          but halt and no-op are in hardware for efficiency"

But, when you tell your VAX to do nothing, it does it RIGHT NOW!

dan herrick
herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com