Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari!otc!softway!chris From: chris@softway.oz (Chris Maltby) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: The VAX Always Uses Fewer Instructions Summary: pointless debate Keywords: VAX MIPS Message-ID: <404@softway.oz> Date: 21 Jun 88 04:12:39 GMT References: <6921@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> <28200161@urbsdc> <10595@sol.ARPA> <11981@mimsy.UUCP> <914@entropy.ms.washington.edu> <8717@lll-winken.llnl.gov> Organization: Softway Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia Lines: 16 This debate is just a waste of time. I don't care what the assembler code looks like or how many instructions there are etc etc. It seems that we are going to see a lot of RISC machines from now on, not because they are a clean or nice way to do things, but because they are easier to design than complex instruction set machines. This means that new technology hits the market first with a RISC architecture and it goes faster (for that reason alone) than the CISC machines released along side it which use older technology. In any case, all these dodgy machine architectures have put compiler writers back in business after the 68000 era ... -- Chris Maltby - Softway Pty Ltd (chris@softway.oz) PHONE: +61-2-698-2322 UUCP: uunet!softway.oz!chris FAX: +61-2-699-9174 INTERNET: chris@softway.oz.au