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Subject: Re: Cyrix - Fast Divide, etc.
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Date: 15 Dec 89 10:33:01 GMT
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>>(You know what I would like? I'd like to have a "Art of Computer Architecture"
>>series much like Knuth's "Art of Computer Programming", with sections on
>>arithmetic, instruction sets, memory and busses, I/O, compilers, and so 
>>on...  If it doesn't exist, I'd like to write it, but I don't have time or
>>$$ to do so.)
>
>Or petition Seymour Cray to do it, as a retirement project.
>
>(PLEASE, no misunderstandings here. I am not passing judgement on who is
>most "fit" to do it. The above is just a random thought from a telecom
>engineer, not a computer design engineer.)

No problem, I'm not offended. Can Seymour write?

I've thought of asking Knuth, but I think I'll hold off until the 
"Art of Computer Programming" is finished. :-)  Note that this is a 
multi-year project, O(decades) - if its done any faster it probably isn't
worth it. There are a lot of books that pretend
to fit the bill, but they don't...  
Think of how much Knuth has helped computer programming with his oeuvre...

Or how about "Encyclopedistes de l'Ordinateur", after Diderot?
If the Encyclopedistes promoted the French Revolution, what
would a Computer Encyclopedia do?