Sujet : Re: The joy of FORTRAN
De : bowman (at) *nospam* montana.com (rbowman)
Groupes : alt.folklore.computers comp.os.linux.miscDate : 01. Oct 2024, 19:52:28
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On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:19:44 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:
I think a new language has to have SOMETHING significantly better than
it’s predecessors to catch on. Otherwise why bother? I know nothing
about Rust, but isn’t it supposed to fix C’s buffer overflow problem.
X86 architecture has been an accident since the 8080. It’s a prime
example of extending something way beyond its usefulness. I saw
something about Intel defining a new ISA which is x86 with all the weird
corners filed off.
Intel's real 32 bit processor was supposed to be the iAPX 432, with the
x86 a rework of the 8080 as a stop gap. O think I have the preliminary
data sheets around here someplace. They threw money at it for about 10
years and failed.
It will be interesting to watch their RISC attempts.
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