microcode, compilers, and supercomputer architecture

From: Huw Davies <H.Davies_at_latrobe.edu.au>
Date: Thu Apr 8 01:49:17 1999

At 22:44 06/04/99 +0100, Tony Duell wrote:

>I am not totally convinced. Computers have become a lot more complicated
>in the last 20 years, and IMHO some of that complexity has led to
>unreliablity (cf the comparative crash rate of say Windows and CP/M).

The sort of anecdotal evidence that I can put forward is that the VAXes I
currently look after are more reliable than the 11/780s I looked after ten
or so years ago which in turn were significantly more reliable that the
DECsystem-10 I used to use. However, this is just my experience so it's
hardly hard scientific proof.

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