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To: Scumbria who wrote (32447)5/21/1999 3:57:00 AM
From: Paul Engel  Respond to of 33344
 
SCUMbria - Re: "The problem with string instructions is that they add a lot of complexity to the hardware "

Sheesh !

No wonder Intel has had so much difficulty keeping up with all those new Alpha and Sparc and PowerPC and MIPS risc chip introductions !

Those darn string instructions have put a real crimp into Intel's x86 proliferation.

Paul