[comp.sys.dec] RISC vs. CISC

hughes@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (larry hughes) (02/08/90)

Those interested in the RISC vs. CISC issues will find an interesting
sidebar article by Hal Hardenbergh in the Feb '90 issue of Dr. Dobb's
Journal (yes, a software rag!), page 130, titled "Religious Artifacts 
and Code Museums."

His claims (and seems to support fairly well) that "a hell of a lot
of concurrency" is what we need in the new generations of microprocessors...


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