Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!rutgers!sri-unix!hplabs!ucbvax!amdcad!phil From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: comp.sys.intel Message-ID: <13772@amdcad.UUCP> Date: Sun, 16-Nov-86 02:48:22 EST Article-I.D.: amdcad.13772 Posted: Sun Nov 16 02:48:22 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Nov-86 07:45:56 EST References: <110@wldrdg.UUCP> Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Distribution: na Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 21 In article <110@wldrdg.UUCP> tony@wldrdg.UUCP (Tony Andrews) writes: >My favorite propaganda is the stuff Intel >puts out about segmentation. > >I hated segmentation long before I ever worked with the 68K. I've been >doing kernel level work (SVR2 & SVR3) on the 286 for the last year, and >I hate it. And that has nothing to do with Motorola. I think your opinions on segmentation are just opinions, and very poorly informed ones at that. Certainly small segments are painful but big enough segments are very useful. After all, if you really love linear addressing so much, just declare a large segment and be done with it. (this assumes segments which can support 32 bit addresses) -- The VT220 keyboard is an