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On Tue, 27 May 2014 14:12:40 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards
<invalid@invalid.invalid> declaimed the following:

>On 2014-05-26, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 26 May 2014 19:00:11 +0200, Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de>
>> declaimed the following:
>>
>>>
>>>Now let's all code Itanium assembler, yes?
>>
>> Naw... Let's beg Intel to bring back the iAPX-432, and beg AdaCore to
>> port GNAT to it.
>
>When the '432 datasheets came out, everybody thought it was pretty
>cool.  Turns out it just didn't "go".  So, Intel lowered its sights
>and concentrated on the 8086 family, and we all suffered for the next
>few decades as a result...

	Heh... I'm sure I have a hardcover of
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Intel-iAPX-432-Architecture/dp/0835932222
; wonder how much I could sell that for -- practically un-opened.
-- 
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