Re: Re: A85: Just thinking.
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Re: Re: A85: Just thinking.
In a message dated 9/3/98 3:54:27 PM, you wrote:
>I didn't mean to imply that it had an extremely powerful instruction
>set. I meant to imply that it was neater that the intel instruction set.
>Every instruction has its own definite instruction with no mode or
>register address bit values to calculate like with x86 instructions.
>It's just a lot easier to write low-level code for than the x86 in some
>respects. And besides, with the 32-bit z380, I imagine they've added
>signifigant improvements to the instruction set. And by the way; I know
>that laptops are out, but if the people on this list were out solely to
>program laptops, they wouldn't be on this list now would they?
I wanted to make a point. Do you know of a teacher that will allow a laptop
into class with color games and sound? (I don't.) BUT, I know of a couple
teachers that think a graphing calculator is quite a useful utility. And I
happen to know that I can play games like Daedalus on it too. ;p
-Josh Morris
DorkReMi@aol.com