Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 10:49:09 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Intel vs the rest (was `Original PC' and `talk') Message-ID: <19980521104909.L22701@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199805202156.HAA15942@gsms01.alcatel.com.au>; from Peter Jeremy on Thu, May 21, 1998 at 07:56:58AM %2B1000 References: <199805202156.HAA15942@gsms01.alcatel.com.au>
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(following up to -chat, where it belongs) On Thu, 21 May 1998 at 7:56:58 +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Wed, 20 May 1998 19:58:48 +0930, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> wrote: >> but nowadays the register model isn't very important to >> anybody except compiler writers. > > The register model _does_ directly affect performance (admittedly, only > marginally). Also, the overall architecture has a substantial impact > on the complexity/performance tradeoffs. > > (more good stuff omitted) Right, but the thing that most users are concerned about is the performance, not how it is obtained. More registers can mean slower instructions. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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