Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/07/05/11:15:51
>: 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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