[net.arch] Riscs and compilers

emjej@uokvax.UUCP (07/03/86)

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In article <482@pyramid.UUCP> csg@pyramid.UUCP (Carl S. Gutekunst) writes:
>[description of sliding register windows on Berkeley RISC]

Why does this bring the Johnson stack machine to mind?
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Why does this bring to mind Organick's discussion of a fast stack top for
the B5700?  If someone out at Burroughs can tell me whether that ever did
happen, and how it performs, I'd *love* to hear about it!

					the probably uninformed
					James Jones