What is RISC? https://danluu.com/risc-definition/ … Hint: it's not about the number of instructions.pic.twitter.com/2YLL4tBWkS
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To be fair, RISC is probably one of the worst named concepts in computer science. John Mashey spent a decade correcting people on Usenet and couldn't stem the tide of people who naively thought that the concept was defined by the name.
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People say dynamic programming is a ridiculous name, and it is, but at least it's merely meaningless.pic.twitter.com/vqz7qRD74N
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“Compiler” is an equally ridiculous name, and was picked for similar reasons.
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Backus wanted to use the term “translator” to describe going from high level language to machine code, but was told to do a “compiler” like everyone else. FORTRAN was the result
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"It's impossible to use the word dynamic in a pejorative sense" - dunno, how about "dynamic programming"? ;-)
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“It was something not even a congressman could object to.”
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