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To: Steve Lee who wrote (49757)8/14/2000 7:49:27 PM
From: Scumbria  Respond to of 93625
 
Steve,

The I in IA32 stands for "Intel". Intel uses this name to describe a particular instruction set.

An instruction set can be defined by a typical graduate student for an overnight assignment. The IA32 instruction set may well be the worst instruction set ever invented.

While it may take one man day to define an instruction set, it typically takes several hundred man years to implement a microprocessor. I am flabbergasted that you continue to flaunt your ignorance on this subject.

Do you understand the difference between a Ford and a Mercedes? Ford invented the automobile, right?

Scumbria