In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Unix langauge is set up so that instead of depending upon the processor > to have some commands (code) allready burned into the processor, it > tells the processor what to do every step of the way. In order to > process all that information efficently the more System RAM you have the > more of the information can be retained in the RAM. SO it makes UNIX run > faster. Neither a reduced instruction set nor refraining from putting parts of the OS on a ROM chip are features of Unix in particular. Mac OS Classic has run on a RISC processor since the introduction of PowerPC and Macs have shipped without the traditional Mac OS ROM chip since the original iMac. -- Henri Sivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clinet.fi/~henris/
