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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: IP
Date: Sat, 03 May 2025 23:04:28 -0400
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> You don't have to like the terminology, but that's what is used
> across the field.  Sorry if it's uncomfortable, and to be honest
> I don't care for it much myself, but them's the breaks.  That's
> what AMD calls them, so if we're discussing AMD hardware, it
> makes sense to use their terminology.
>
> People in construction probably hate that computer people call
> things "blocks" that aren't made of concrete.

That comparison doesn't work, the problem with "IP" is not ambiguity,
but that it's politically/ethically charged.  That's why I hate it:
because I disagree with the politics behind it (and hate the fact "they"
managed to make "everyone" use it, without even paying attention to what
it means).


        Stefan