From: rjs@fdy2.co.uk   
      
   On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:57:35 -0000 (UTC), Dan Cross wrote:   
      
   > In article <107mf9l$u2si$1@dont-email.me>,   
   > Thomas Koenig   wrote:   
   >>Dan Cross  schrieb:   
   >>> In article <107b1bu$252qo$1@dont-email.me>,   
   >>   
   >>>>Programming a RISC in assembler is not so hard, at least in my   
   >>>>experience.  Plus, people overestimated use of assembler even in the   
   >>>>mid-1975s, and underestimated the use of compilers.   
   >>>>[...]   
   >>>   
   >>> They certainly did!  I'm not saying that they're right; I'm saying   
   >>> that business needs must have, at least in part, influenced the ISA   
   >>> design.  That is, while mistaken, it was part of the business decision   
   >>> process regardless.   
   >>   
   >>It's not clear to me what the distinction of technical vs. business is   
   >>supposed to be in the context of ISA design.  Could you explain?   
   >   
   > I can attempt to, though I'm not sure if I can be successful.   
      
   [snip]   
      
   There are also bits of the business requirements in each of the   
   descriptions of DEC microprocessor projects on Bob Supnik's site   
   that Al Kossow linked to earlier:   
      
      
      
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