Re: Stealing a Great Idea from the 6600

Stefan Monnier wrote:

Having gone through the transition (1-wide IO, 2-wide IO, 6-wide OoO)
the OoO machine was simply less complexity--or to say it a different
way--the complexity was more orderly (and more easily verified).

I tend to think of it a bit like the transition from using overlays and
segments to the use of on-demand paging.

Who (in their right minds) would go back from paging to overlays ???
{Although many people enjoy driving Model Ts ...}

        Stefan