On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 08:08:07 -0700
Randall R Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> And the real point for any modern microprocessor is that it's very 
> difficult for human programmers to properly optimize the instruction 
> streams when writing in assembly.

You are absolutely, positively correct, especially when looking at
something like the Itanium. The Alpha and PA-RISC really needed the
scheduler pass. The scheduler would reorder the instruction stream to
prevent stalls and optimize the instruction streams. 

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