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Subject: Re: Is MIX utterly silly?
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Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> writes:

> Robert Wessel wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 22:52:54 +0100, Peter Percival
>> <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> That's MIX as in vol 1 of AoCP.  I know Knuth and his books are highly
>>> regarded, but MIX is an April fool's joke, isn't it?  (Fool's/fools' not
>>> sure which.)
>>
>>
>> No, it's not.  But he has come up with a more modern ISA (RISC-ish)
>> for newer editions of the books, MMIX.
>>
>> He offers a justification for MIX in the beginning of volume 1.
>
> I find it unconvincing!

Why?