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From: Boyd Roberts <boyd@strakt.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 16bit C compilers
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Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 11:08:31 +0100
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"Douglas A. Gwyn" wrote:
> In many embedded applications, every bit counts,
> more for power consumption reasons than for manufacturing cost.

Very true, but in the case of the Alpha: that thing was always
going to have a heap of memory -- but you already knew that :)