Newsgroups: comp.arch Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) Subject: Re: Compilers and efficiency Message-ID: Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation References: <12054@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <12235@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 13 May 91 12:11:42 GMT In article <12235@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes: > The summary points out the problems. Does one have to go to great lengths > to get a car which has features not in the "general driving base"? Yes. For example, it is getting harder and harder to find a car with competantly designed setabelts instead of rube-goldberg "passive restraint" systems (whether or not accompanied by an airbag). That's because the general public is lazy, so that's where all the money is. > Do film companies only make films for the "general public"? In general, yes. At least that's where all the money is. > Should one even consider that universities only teach courses for the > "general student"? That's where all the money is. > In addition, there is much use of instructions for systems programs and > libraries which the individual programmer will not use. So how about some *examples*? The "general computer base" is where the money is, and building a chip is not cheap. Nor is the return on investment that high. -- Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180; Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012; `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"