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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Arbitrary Sandbox
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:26:16 +0100
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Date: 2012-02-22T09:26:16+01:00
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On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:25:12 +0100, Yannick Duch�ne (Hibou57) wrote:

> Le Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:53:04 +0100, Dmitry A. Kazakov  
> <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> a �crit:
>>> x86 is a mess, but it's popularity is
>>> an accident of history.
>>
>> I don't believe in accidents, negative selection is a real thing at work.
>> Otherwise, there would be no dark ages.
> Depends on the expectations. I don't like a lot the Intel series, neither,  
> especially since the Pentium and its big step further in monolithic and  
> complex instruction set design, and would have preferred smaller pieces  
> organized in network. But on the other hand, if you note multimedia and  
> game, and specialized instructions for this target, was a wish from many  
> ones, to these ones, Intel is just fine and is the opposite of a mess.

It is not RISC vs. CISC. The negative selection is at work in both
categories.

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de