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From: mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1)
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Subject: Re: Computer architects leaving Intel...
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 16:34:10 +0000
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On Tue, 17 Sep 2024 8:12:16 +0000, Michael S wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Sep 2024 01:35:17 +0000
> mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1) wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 17 Sep 2024 0:00:34 +0000, EricP wrote:
>>
>>> Bill Findlay wrote:
>>> I found the same 5% performance cost in my tests with DEC Ada85.
>>> Most code was pretty optimal too.
>>>
>>> The one thing I found DEC's compiler made a complete pigs breakfast
>>> of the generated code was scanning a character string backwards:
>>
>> Bacon, sausage, and ham.
>>
>> Sounds yummy. Code not so much.
>
> It seems that you and EricP give different (not to say an opposite)
> meaning to the phrase "complete pigs breakfast".

I had never heard or seen the phrase before. So I just made that up
on the spot.