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From: Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2021 09:55:23 -0500
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Subject: Re: [TUHS] Encoding an ISA: Random Logic vs. Control Stores
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My take on defining random logic

random logic : hardware :: spaghetti code : software

Doug