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Message-ID: <008501bda827$76e434a0$d74e08c3@arthur>
From: "Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>
To: "DJGPP Mailing List" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: 64k demo
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 16:11:48 +0100
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>: That's a bit harsh. I do actually know a bit about RISC processors, and
of
>: the processors I know the x86 is the hardest to program.
>
>I thought the point he was making was that x86 CPU isn't RISC, and if
>you'd tried coding assembler for a RISC then you _would_ have met an
>"unfriendly" instruction set.


Possibly, in which case I apologise. Read Nate's posting on this - he
confirms what I thought about the Pentium being sort of semi-RISCish.

But this is now WAY offtopic. I'm gonna leave it there.

James Arthur
jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net

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