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From: Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: architectural goals, Byte Addressability And Beyond
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 13:08:21 +0300
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On Mon, 3 Jun 2024 09:20 +0100 (BST)
jgd@cix.co.uk (John Dallman) wrote:

> In article <2024Jun3.074750@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at>,
> anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) wrote:
> 
> > SPARCs are big-endian and trap on unaligned access (at least that 
> > was the case when I last used one long ago), while S/370 ff. does 
> > not trap on unaligned access.    
> 
> OK, that shoots down S/370 for this job. 
> 
> John 

What exactly is a job?
Is it for pure personal amusement or there are practical needs?