> Alexander Kjeldaas <astor@guardian.no> writes:
> > inlined 'mov' instructions. This was not done for the pentium which as
> > a much simpler "RISC"-like internal design.
>
> The Pentium indeed has a much simpler design. But RISC-like, no. Not even
> between a handful of quotes. A "RISC-like" internal design cannot exist since
> RISC refers to a style of instruction sets and has nothing whatsoever to do
> with any implementation style.
Sorry to ask this but as i remember it from the ol' days when I was using
Amiga and They where preparing to jump over to RISC cpu's at first, i read
an article about RISC's. Anyways, i got the impression that RISC was not
an special style of instructions, but just another 'class' of cpu's where
you used a much smaller set of instructions with no regard to _what_
instructions. Could someone explain to me, im but a mere mortal here=)
>
> Note also that "not being RISC-like" is no desease. x86 processors are good
> enough I believe that they can proudly claim CISCness rather than try to fool
> people into believing they are somwhat RISC-like.
>
>
> Stefan "strongly favorable to RISC nonetheless"
>
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