24 Oct
2018
24 Oct
'18
4:58 p.m.
On Oct 24, 2018, at 7:45 PM, ben via cctalk <cctalk
at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 10/24/2018 3:58 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
Was that the one designed around Ada?
I remember looking at that way back when the paper "Tablet, the computer of the year
2000" was published -- thinking it might be a suitable engine for that. I also
throught APL might be good because it's terse. Oops. Totally missed the fact that
most computer users are application users, not programmers.
paul
On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 2:18 PM ben via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>> wrote:
Well I can still run DOS BOX and get my nice 8086 instruction set.
I've heard many different adjectives used with regard to the 8086 instruction set,
but this is the first time I've heard it described as "nice".
Admittedly there are worse ones.
What about Intel's forgotten object oriented kitchen sink processor.
IAPX-432 better or worse?
Ben.