kpk@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (kenneth.p.kretsch..jr) (07/18/89)
At Xhibition last month I remember someone stating that the 680N0 processor family was a better platform for X than the 80N86 family. Something to do with bit manipulation. Can anyone elaborate on this? My application is faced with recommending a system based on one or the other (or both). While I'm at it, I've noticed that no one has posted any reviews of Xhibition 89. Considering the ease at which people toss around opinions on the Net, it's most uncany. Has there been some sort of gentle-persons agreement not to say anything about Xhibition? At the risk of breaking some taboo....I thought Xhibition '89 was pretty good, and much better than Xhibition '88. I especially liked a) The ICCCM tutorial, 2) the product exhibits, and c) the X terminal seminar. I did not like a) the programming experiences seminar and the b) T-shirts, which weren't bad except they were StaticGrey rather that TrueColor and the dumb "Xhibitionists do it in Windows" printed at the bottom.
joel@pandora.pa.dec.com (Joel McCormack) (07/24/89)
Personally, I think the MIPS RX000 architecture makes the best platform for X. Something about a short cycle time, pretty impressive compilers, and a very nice set of sub-word manipulation instructions. - Joel McCormack (decwrl!joel, joel@decwrl.dec.com)