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- From: SimsGW@msn.com (Gary Sims)
- Subject: Re: Why are 32 bit better than 16 bit pgms?
- Date: 1 Feb 96 01:23:54 -0800
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- Given the relative success of Intel processors and Motorola
- processors, we now have a baseline measurement for the relative
- importance of backward compatibility and "upward" compatibility.
- Personally, I vote for keeping my software over a marginal increase
- in bandwidth everytime.
-
- Gary W. Sims
- Stonehaven Laboratory
-