Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!pdn!alan
From: alan@pdn.UUCP (Alan Lovejoy)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: RISC  a short answer??
Message-ID: <3089@pdn.UUCP>
Date: 9 May 88 14:18:25 GMT
References: <1036@nusdhub.UUCP> <1988May3.224604.2252@utzoo.uucp> <383@m3.mfci.UUCP> <1988May5.171444.849@utzoo.uucp> <9341@apple.Apple.Com> <2810@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: alan@pdn.UUCP (0000-Alan Lovejoy)
Organization: Paradyne Corporation, Largo, Florida
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In article <2810@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> lgy@pupthy2.PRINCETON.EDU (Larry Yaffe) writes:
/But then I don't have any simple acronym which
/sums up a philosophy of "keep things simple,
/devote resources & effort where they produce the
/most benefit".  (Except for "common sense" :-))

How about "engineering"? Doesn't "engineering" mean "designing widgets 
that accomplish their function(s) (to spec) with the least cost per unit 
of work performed"?

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Alan Lovejoy; alan@pdn; 813-530-8241; Paradyne Corporation: Largo, Florida.
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