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- From: bds@maui.linus.mitre.org (Barry D. Smith)
- Subject: Re: CISC Microcode (was Re: RISC Mainframe)
- In-Reply-To: hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu's message of 26 Jul 92 15:51:35 GMT
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- <id.YGRR.V_5@ferranti.com> <55117@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 13:56:51 GMT
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- In article <55117@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
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- If an optimization involves extensive calculation, a superfast sub-imbecile
- can do it better than a human.
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- Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399
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- This is a wonderful quote, and I think I'm going to post it over my
- desk. I have 2 questions:
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- 1) Did you think of it yourself, or did you quote someone else?
- 2) What exactly is a "superfast sub-imbecile?"
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- Barry Smith
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