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To: JC Jaros who wrote (2000)	12/22/1999 10:36:00 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2617

Well the facts are is that C code is not fast enough for true in time COMM. You have to translate it down to machine code. That is what a compiler tries to do but it wastes cycles. Why waste cycles? It is not important that it will not run on some other machine as the basic logic can be high-levelled and translated down as needed. Code that needs speed should be translated to machine language,not compiled. There are relatively few machines to write for. DEC, 68XXX, PowerPC, INTEL, and what else? I would love to build a less broken board than the PC. Scrap all the legacy stuff and go straight QUAD 1 gige processors (video, IO, Arith/logic, buss/program/loop management), 128 bit 300 MHZ quad buss with 256 hardware interrupts. You should be able to plug a gigabit ethernet or fibre cable in and dispense with router, CSU/DSU, ANT's and other obsolete hardware. As a matter of fact the box should be waterproof, shockproof, and incorporate limited battery backup and power line cleaning. There are basically three types of machines, router/IO, servers and calculators. The ideal network divides the load amongst the specialty machines. I think the Amiga had the right idea. It was ahead of its time but lacked certain peripherals and a good resolution to its video. EC<:-}