Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!ncar!boulder!sunybcs!bingvaxu!leah!itsgw!steinmetz!uunet!bywater!acheron!clarke From: clarke@acheron.UUCP (Ed Clarke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: Why the original RT seemed/was slow (was ...) Message-ID: <395@acheron.UUCP> Date: 6 Dec 88 01:53:39 GMT References: <2213@spdcc.COM> Lines: 13 From article <2213@spdcc.COM>, by dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer): > Just more evidence that a good compiler is critical for this machine. > If Sauer's numbers are to be believed, it's a shame that the AIX C compiler > technology is not available to the AOS group in Palo Alto (and therefore to us). I believe that the pl.8 compiler was designed first; then the hardware was designed to fit it (really!). The first machine was a wire-wrapped 74S ttl monster ( not cmos ) that was continuously changed as improvements were made to the compiler design. I have a (tiny) piece of it in my closet at work ( grabbed it out of the trash can ). -- Ed Clarke uunet!bywater!acheron!clarke