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- From: rhyde@ucrmath.ucr.edu (randy hyde)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: CISC Microcode (was Re: RISC Mainframe)
- Message-ID: <5841@ucru2.ucr.edu>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 15:58:40 GMT
- References: <id.RKUR.GFF@ferranti.com>
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- In article <id.RKUR.GFF@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
- writes:
- > I don't know about you, but I'm glad they don't make cars with
- > manual chokes any more, or that need double-clutching when you shift.
- > --
- > Peter da Silva `-_-'
- > $ EDIT/TECO LOVE 'U`
- > %TECO-W-OLDJOKE Not war? Have you hugged your
- wolf today?
- > Ferranti Intl. Ctls. Corp. Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012 +1 713
- 274 5180
-
- I am glad, however, that auto manufacturers do give me the choice of
- manual or automatic, depending on whether I want to do the shifts
- myself and get better localized performance, or have the car do it and
- give me better average performance.
-