Re: Building it... & MISC
- Subject: Re: Building it... & MISC
- From: Penio Penev <penev@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 23:49:38 -0500 (EST)
- cc: misc
- In-Reply-To: <2323967966.46235808@canville.com>
On 17 Nov 1997, Dan C. Rinnert wrote:
> And, back on the sybject of MISC <G>, does the concept of MISC extend beyond
> the processor? In other words, in a MISC world, would individual computers
> perform only minimal tasks, like computer A would perform word processing and
> computer B perform communications functions? And, computer A & B would
> network to transmit information? This is an extremely simplified example,
> but I hope it conveys my conceptual question.
No.
MISC is a minimal *instruction* set, meaning that it is the minimal set of
instructions to build a *general purpose* computer.
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Penio Penev <Penev@pisa.Rockefeller.edu> 1-212-327-7423