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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: RISC reaching its limits?!?
Message-ID: <1991Feb1.162634.28992@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1991Jan30.215017.2651@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Jan31.012247.15268@athena.mit.edu> <3416@uc.msc.umn.edu> <1991Jan31.210053.22476@athena.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 1991 16:26:34 GMT

In article <1991Jan31.210053.22476@athena.mit.edu> jfc@athena.mit.edu (John F Carr) writes:
>... I haven't programmed a 68040 or
>an 80486 nor have I read details about their design, so I won't comment
>further on this.  I would like to hear details about why these are described
>as RISC-like...

This is marketing excrementspeak from CISC manufacturers.  Ignore it.
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