From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id f4d19c93 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:35:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D3043A1A80; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 05:35:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0A76A1A6F; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 05:34:43 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b=X6vOQaiy; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 3429EA1A6D; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 05:34:41 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pf1-f178.google.com (mail-pf1-f178.google.com [209.85.210.178]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B3678A1A6C for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 05:34:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pf1-f178.google.com with SMTP id a23-v6so2579714pfi.12 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:34:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=LDS/bt2UDoujyDwEaqURM7qWDNaSRlIm8n2lBrtH/GY=; b=X6vOQaiybh+h2Ld92ZnV6T/9p14mCQLjkiOnmjFUru6Ix99q7aBsV57PI1ucWmdzZ3 qIaq9WDhoSGWjamNnG3AK9zE/As8d/Gv9oXBs5pECz6NzWpeITXDgXUsI33HFX3AhF7L 4x294BALuKOFW9TR8unq5KCFSggrKC/W6lJNWFOPCxZRU5ThUTBVTjzJdARwTYm+bgtP 0dB+Ti0Gu1Gzw+tHRcLaLOWVW3Jt9inJl4NemGan6JxXnwgGO4lQ7H90KQGyg3BC+blK 4f0xvR+vkcwpGhKn8hq99e1rvCcJL82b/wylIQR2d+adkC6lqfvatLHLMO/74IxcQdyG kf8A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=LDS/bt2UDoujyDwEaqURM7qWDNaSRlIm8n2lBrtH/GY=; b=jwlw475Bc7CudzekzncXuWKgNhWOf8I73aA7N0lCkWyedtYoVsFu7nZzhvmJJT+G27 QJokfF/q8IWPdbVf0LOVFmQ+Bhcmlc4kEPe8KDqhGlfJnRfpu65fZXvQaEa/zzbjK938 g0X8dlNFEfJv9+Md86LRLGEs03Rfu3eJiPb7y910QwtzOYoZtgCq3/NgVfkSkVtq79NQ 4rL4h0VWFnCqMzRKfYaqKP33Wz0w7/L6+enkcOGRgJsdK5SKWYy/VdWXjiwMmnu+iU4J uSr+XIGJrQ0IUIDynpwvsyI73i2ohrvmXeGD1JhavJj+FcfuvEE0xhg0SSbcDquskZ8P DRlA== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfoirBKq63o5v1HDd/DjuQYbSGzgR1rJ3iLYT0HWCXcPURXRCUorS re6tJZk+W8Vgld3jo2QYcChPktl4qXRnx15B7KldosOe X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV63cJ/+tkXzyTU5AR+Fw9AixhQ+W4k0cSn03CSlQu9MCkPUbLbYLb5dL/OKk3iNVXzfIhD2xeXpM369zQV+yd4A= X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:6b03:: with SMTP id o3-v6mr9164557plk.333.1538076879153; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:34:39 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a17:90a:5a:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:34:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Nemo Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 15:34:38 -0400 Message-ID: To: "Nelson H. F. Beebe" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [TUHS] SPARC is CRAPS spelled backwards. X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 27/09/2018, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote: > As a followup to discussions on this thread about hardware > architectures, some of you may be interested in this new letter > published today: > > Letters to the editor: Hennessy and Patterson on the roots of RISC > Comm. ACM 61(10) 6 (2018) > https://doi.org/10.1145/3273019 > http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/3280000/3273019/p6-friedman.pdf Also of interest may be the video "SPARC at 25" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ukXhEaYGI ), wherein Patterson, Joy, and others discuss SPARC. (Joy's comment on register windows is interesting and matches Brooks' remark.) N. > > The short two-paragraph letter is from Fred Brooks, noted computer > architect, author, and computer scientist. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Nelson H. F. Beebe Tel: +1 801 581 5254 > - > - University of Utah FAX: +1 801 581 4148 > - > - Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB Internet e-mail: beebe@math.utah.edu > - > - 155 S 1400 E RM 233 beebe@acm.org > beebe@computer.org - > - Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA URL: > http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/ - > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >