Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!uokmax!munnari.oz.au!goanna!ok From: ok@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Richard A. O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: small instructions Message-ID: <6369@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> Date: 17 Jun 91 12:18:59 GMT References: <195@armltd.uucp> <25734@lanl.gov> <1991Jun15.224614.10258@kithrup.COM> Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia Lines: 15 In article <1991Jun15.224614.10258@kithrup.COM>, sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes: > By that definition, then, H. Sap. is a CISC. Far more frontal lobes than we > would need merely to survive, organs we no longer need (appendix, for > example, and note that this causes lots of problems), Beware of using out-of-date manuals, especially manuals not written by the architect. The appendix now functions as part of the immune system. You can manage without, but you're better off if you have it, especially if you are a child. As for frontal lobes, I'm afraid the "low end" models just didn't make it in the market. It's a jungle out there... -- Q: What should I know about quicksort? A: That it is *slow*. Q: When should I use it? A: When you have only 256 words of main storage.