Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!crdgw1!ge-dab!peora!petsd!joe From: joe@petsd.UUCP (Joe Orost) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Are RISC programs bigger than CISC? Message-ID: <1734@petsd.UUCP> Date: 5 Jan 90 01:24:23 GMT Reply-To: joe@petsd.UUCP (Joseph M. Orost) Organization: Concurrent Computer Corporation, Tinton Falls, NJ Lines: 17 I have seen lots of benchmark figures that say that RISC machines can go real fast, but how about the code size? Is the old notion that the code on a RISC will be about twice the size of that on a CISC true? Does anyone have information on this subject, especially for large programs? regards, joe -- Full-Name: Joseph M. Orost UUCP: rutgers!petsd!joe ARPA: petsd!joe@RUTGERS.EDU, joe@PETSD.CCUR.COM Phone: (201) 758-7284 US Mail: MS 322; Concurrent Computer Corporation; 106 Apple St Tinton Falls, NJ 07724