Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!news.funet.fi!polaris.utu.fi!polaris!sutela From: sutela@polaris.utu.fi (Kari Sutela) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Peter, can you explain to the Amigoids (was: NeXT software size Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 08:47:27 GMT References: <*05Gx0x&1@cs.psu.edu> <11877@uwm.edu> Organization: University of Turku, Finland Lines: 15 gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) writes: >Okay, I'll try again, because you're just not seeing what I see. Any >given processor can only run so many instructions per second, right? >Right. So if there are lots more instructions to run, it will be >slower, right? Right. Let's take an example. There are two cars: a red one and a blue one. Both are driving at 60mph. The red car is driving on a 1 mile track while the blue car is on a 2 mile track. Obviously, the red car finishes in one minute, while it takes two minutes for the blue car to complete the track. So, you are seriously saying that the blue car is slower? You are confuzed. Pick a better argument. -- Kari Sutela sutela@polaris.utu.fi