Re: Re[2]: nFORTH v2.3
- To: "Joe Zott" <jaz@xxxxxxxx>, "Stas Pereverzev" <stas@xxxxxxxx>, <MISC>
- Subject: Re: Re[2]: nFORTH v2.3
- From: "vic plichota" <atsvap@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 11:27:39 -0500
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
