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[OT] CISC vs RISC [was Re: [ILUG] impressive...]

[OT] CISC vs RISC [was Re: [ILUG] impressive...]

Kenn Humborg kenn at bluetree.ie
Fri Oct 29 14:38:44 IST 1999


On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 09:27:55AM -0400, Twomey_Mark at emc.com wrote:
> Kenn Humborg wrote:
> 
> 
> >Gotta love CISC, though!
> 
> NO I bloody dont!

No, really, CISC is cool.  You get to go right down
to the metal and _still_ use a "high-level language" :-)

Of course, the CISC vs RISC argument is moot anyway:
http://arstechnica.com/cpu/4q99/risc-cisc/rvc-1.html

Later,
Kenn





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