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Re: Re[2]: nFORTH v2.3


Joe Z. wrote:
>Do you have a justification why 16 instructions would be better than
4?


I tried to explain the performance / memory / transistor trade-off...
read it again, and tell me what you think next week.


>I can think of some problems with small memory
>requirements where I think the 4
>instruction CPU might give better performance.

Indeed -- I agree, but I want a general-purpose machine that is
capable of handling the internet.


cheers   - vic