It's kind of amusing, after all this time, to look at the documentation for 
a CPU instruction and see it described in terms of VHDL instead of just prose.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Coding without comments is like
    driving without turn signals."

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> It's kind of amusing, after all this time, to look at the documentation for 
> a CPU instruction and see it described in terms of VHDL instead of just prose.

  That was certainly random.

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                                                          - Warp

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On 7/8/2011 23:18, Warp wrote:
> Darren New<dne### [at] sanrrcom>  wrote:
>> It's kind of amusing, after all this time, to look at the documentation for
>> a CPU instruction and see it described in terms of VHDL instead of just prose.
>
>    That was certainly random.

It just goes to show that nowadays, people design CPUs using VHDL. Waste not 
want not.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Coding without comments is like
    driving without turn signals."

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Le 09/07/2011 17:22, Darren New nous fit lire :
> On 7/8/2011 23:18, Warp wrote:
>> Darren New<dne### [at] sanrrcom>  wrote:
>>> It's kind of amusing, after all this time, to look at the
>>> documentation for
>>> a CPU instruction and see it described in terms of VHDL instead of
>>> just prose.
>>
>>    That was certainly random.
> 
> It just goes to show that nowadays, people design CPUs using VHDL. Waste
> not want not.
> 
Also, open prose might be subject to interpretation when complexity
kicks in, whereas VHDL can be seen as a simplified and explicited prose.

And VHDL allows you to run the instruction set on an emulator, without
wasting resources to translate the prose.

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Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:

> Also, open prose might be subject to interpretation when complexity
> kicks in, whereas VHDL can be seen as a simplified and explicited prose.
>
> And VHDL allows you to run the instruction set on an emulator, without
> wasting resources to translate the prose.

Perhaps we should all just communicate in VHDL then.

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Le 12/07/2011 17:19, jhu nous fit lire :
> Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
> 
>> Also, open prose might be subject to interpretation when complexity
>> kicks in, whereas VHDL can be seen as a simplified and explicited prose.
>>
>> And VHDL allows you to run the instruction set on an emulator, without
>> wasting resources to translate the prose.
> 
> Perhaps we should all just communicate in VHDL then.
> 
Remember the movie about "Captain, My Captain" (a notion of circle and
lost poets...) usual languages are mainly for seduction (and beyond),
but that's a part CPU and mathematicians are not interested in.

"Would you like to get in and have a drink ?" is not an offer for just a
drink...

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On 13/07/2011 10:02 AM, Le_Forgeron wrote:

> "Would you like to get in and have a drink ?" is not an offer for just a
> drink...

In spoken language, the fact that you mentioned something sometimes 
carries as much significance as the thing you mentioned.

For a quick experiment, try saying to somebody "you're going to die". 
They all act as if this is some kind of great revelation, rather than a 
mundane self-evident fact. Which is kind of amusing - until the beatings 
start...

"So... why aren't we doing what Jack Sparrow said?"
"Because it was Mr Sparrow who said it."
"...do you think he wasn't telling the truth?"

Compare:

"OH MY GOD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"
"Oh, wait, you were /actually/ just going to give me some lemonade?"
"YUHUH!"
"Oh, right. Let me get dressed again..."

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Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
> "Would you like to get in and have a drink ?" is not an offer for just a
> drink...

  Sometimes such inferred (or interpreted) extra meanings can cause all kinds
of misunderstandings and controversies. (Just google for "elevatorgate" for
a rather iconic recent example.)

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                                                          - Warp

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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> On 13/07/2011 10:02 AM, Le_Forgeron wrote:
>
> > "Would you like to get in and have a drink ?" is not an offer for just a
> > drink...
>
> In spoken language, the fact that you mentioned something sometimes
> carries as much significance as the thing you mentioned.
>
>

This is absolutely true. Consider the following conversation:

Lackey: "Mr. G., the bad news is that the Feds have obtained indisputable proof








Best (Plausibly Deniable) Regards,
Mike C.

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