Re: The integral type 'byte' (was Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?)

On 28.03.2025 12:37, bart wrote:

On 28/03/2025 10:22, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

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[ NS32032 ]

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Indeed.  After all, the 68k was one of the most successful ISAs ever,
and the x86 "won" for economic reasons, not technical reasons.  The
NS32000, on the other hand, is known only to a few nerds. [...]

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Given that it did not "survive" in the first place I was astonished
that when I spoke with IT professionals in the past it was mentioned
as outstanding (compared to a lot of other alternatives these days).
I was also astonished that bart had it in his short-list.

 
You are astonished that I'd heard of it?

It wasn't meant personally; I was also astonished when I spoke with
another IT professional, as said. My astonishment stems from the
fact that everyone in the IT scene was speaking primarily about the
Intel CPUs, then about the Intel "clones", but rarely about other
architectures, let alone about "vanished" CPU variants like the NS.
(This is of course just a personal observation from where I lived
and worked; it may have been different in your vicinity.)

 
Did I mention that I was a hardware engineer at that time?

As said and explained above, it was not meant personal, less meant
as disregarding your profession or engagement in any way.

(What I *was* astonished about was that you valued the two mentioned
processors the same. But I suppose we both can live with that.)

Janis