4 Nov
2011
4 Nov
'11
9:23 a.m.
Yeah. The 80386 isn't a *terrible* processor
on its own (ok, nowhere
near what I'd consider "good", but it's usable) but when hamstrung by
the amateurish, short-sighted, hackish PC systems-level architecture
things get much worse.
I think the real reason I despise the x86 ISA (sorry, Josh) is because of
all the baggage it carries. It makes CISC look really bad because of the
weight of historical compatibility.
Intel seems to know this based on all the times they've tried to kill x86
off (iAPX 432, i960, etc., even Itanic^WItanium to some degree).
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