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 Lines: 15 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"? -- Alan Lovejoy; alan@pdn; 813-530-8241; Paradyne Corporation: Largo, Florida. Disclaimer: Do not confuse my views with the official views of Paradyne Corporation (regardless of how confusing those views may be). Motto: Never put off to run-time what you can do at compile-time!