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The elegance of that time is something unfortunately missing from modern software.
by caslon 6y ago
The elegance of that time is something unfortunately missing from modern software.
- the_only_law 6y agoI don't even know hoe x86 experts got there. I'm constantly learning about all sorts of strange instruction that look like random strings and perform seemingly odd calculations.
- caslon 6y agoIntel has kept their ISAs roughly-consistent with each other since 1972. Of course, in doing this, they have created a behemoth. You can't make something smaller when your goal is eternal (in)consistency.