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From: eugene@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov.arpa (Eugene N. Miya)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Superoptimiser.
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Date: 6 Jul 88 17:30:55 GMT
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In article <1300@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> root@cca.ucsf.edu (Computer Center) writes:
>In article <11458@steinmetz.ge.com>, davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) writes:
>IBM allegedly lost money on each 91 and built them only to keep CDC
>out of prestige accounts.

Do you think it is any different today?  Do you think IBM reads the
comp.arch? [I don't, well maybe a few at ibmpa.. ;-)].  Only today it's
not just CDC, it's all those little micro companies.  Mainframe people
seem really depressed of late.

--enm