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- From: hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: CISC Microcode (was Re: RISC Mainframe)
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- Date: 28 Jul 92 17:37:09 GMT
- References: <id.YGRR.V_5@ferranti.com> <55117@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <BDS.92Jul28085651@maui.linus.mitre.org>
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- In article <BDS.92Jul28085651@maui.linus.mitre.org> bds@maui.linus.mitre.org (Barry D. Smith) writes:
- >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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- 1. I thought of it myself, although I have not made a thorough literature
- search to see if I am the first.
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- 2. I see no reason to have to define superfast. The standard three
- gradations of subnormal intelligence are moron, idiot, and imbecile,
- in order. A human at the low end of imbecile is likely to have enough
- brain to maintain bodily functions through the teens.
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- Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399
- Phone: (317)494-6054
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