Warp wrote:
> 
>   Most people are also probably too young to remember the shift from
> 16-bit systems to 32-bit systems in Intel-based computers and have never
> experienced first-hand the speed difference between a 16-bit binary
> compared to a 32-bit binary (if they do the same thing there's basically
> no speed difference except when big amounts of memory are needed or if
> 32-bit arithmetic is a very relevant part of the program's calculations).
> 
I even remember the shift from 8 to 16 bit systems.   :-)
I started with an Altair -- anybody remember them???
8080 processor running at 2Mhz.  It even started with a whopping 1K of 
memory!

      -=- Larry -=-

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