Re: Why VAX Was the Ultimate CISC and Not RISC

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

Note that the “big bang” arrival of RISC in the
latter 1980s is pretty much in agreement with his timeline.

Correlation does not prove causation.  And when the facts (performance
of cacheless and small-cache RISCs) are counterevidence of his
explanation, his explanation is obviously wrong.

- anton
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'Anyone trying for "industrial quality" ISA should avoid undefined behavior.'
  Mitch Alsup, <c17fcd89-f024-40e7-a594-88a85ac10d20o@googlegroups.com>