[comp.sys.ibm.pc] RISC vs CISC

keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) (11/21/89)

I have this car that has a 6 cylinder engine.  I'm thinking about
replacing it with an 8 cylinder.  Will that help me get the
groceries from the store to home quicker?  Would it help if I
replaced the automatic transmission with a 4-speed?  How about a
5-speed?  And which would be better for towing my vacation trailer?

Gee, maybe it just depends on what I want to use my car for...?

   [For those of you who may thing I've mis-posted this, please
   substutite some "computer-ese sounding" words in the appropriate
   places and you'll probably see what I'm getting at.]

kEITHe

PS - THIS DOESN'T BELONG IN THE BINARIES DISCUSSION GROUP, so I'm
     redirecting followups the the ibm.pc group.
     THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) (11/24/89)

In article <6390@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) writes:
[article on comparing different engine sizes and transmissions, with parallels
 drawn to computers, deleted]

$PS - THIS DOESN'T BELONG IN THE BINARIES DISCUSSION GROUP, so I'm
$     redirecting followups the the ibm.pc group.
$     THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

It doesn't belong in comp.sys.ibm.pc either, so I'm redirecting followups
to comp.arch.  They've been discussing this subject there for a while,
and that's where it belongs.

Thank you very much.
-- 
Stephen M. Dunn                               cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
          <std_disclaimer.h> = "\nI'm only an undergraduate!!!\n";
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