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From: bcase@cup.portal.com (Brian bcase Case)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Intel/MIPS Dhrystone ratio
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Date: 14 Mar 89 19:19:49 GMT
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>Uh, what did you think of Nick Tredennick's assessment of RISC in the Feb issue
>of Microcomputer Report?  Was that the _second_ most inaccurate assessment of
>RISC that you have yet read? [compared to the one in DTACK Grounded]

Well, I am a contributing editor to The Microprocessor Report.  I dissagree
with nearly everything Nick says when he talks about RISC.  [E.g., arguing
that RISC architects are going to be forced to add complex instructions to
the simple sets because of pressure from compiler writers, OS guys, etc.
is ridiculous to me, but this is one of the things he says.]  However, Nick
is a bright guy and is tremendously entertaining when speaking to a crowd.
If anyone can convince me to rethink my views, it is him.  He is entitled
to his views, and his article was printed as a "Viewpoint" in uP Report.

One thing I have relearned from pointing out the letter in DTACK Grounded:
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.  Sigh.