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- From: peter@ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
- Subject: Re: CISC Microcode (was Re: RISC Mainframe)
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- Sender: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
- Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
- References: <1992Jul20.205209.28863@boole.uucp> <l6mlr0INN7tu@spim.mips.com> <54638@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 13:53:02 GMT
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- In article <54638@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
- > > 1) The compilers can't figure out how to use them often.
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- > We keep hearing that compilers can do as well as humans.
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- They do, but not in the same way. Similarly there are optimisations compilers
- will use that humans can't.
-
- > > or 2) Most realistic code doesn't lend itself to the mode.
-
- > What is realistic code? I will code differently if there is hardware
- > auto-increment for addresses.
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- I won't.
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- > I expect any good programmer to do as well;
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- I expect any good programmer to code for the abstract machine defined for
- the language. Remember, software longa, hardware brevis.
-
- > I am not a professional programmer.
-
- We know.
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