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A comment on MMIXware: A RISC Computer for the Third Millennium (1999).

Re:MMIXware: A RISC Computer for the Third Millennium (1999) by mci on Saturday October 03, 2020 @07:38AM (#24671314)
While this is an interesting book in its genre, I prefer to read actual MMIX code in The MMIX Supplement by Martin Ruckert[0]. The relation between the two books resembles that between, say, Manual of Surgery and Frankenstein, or Teach Yourself Romanian and Dracula.

[0] https://www.amazon.com/MMIX-Supplement-Computer-Programming-...

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Re:MMIXware: A RISC Computer for the Third Millennium (1999) by justin66 on Saturday October 03, 2020 @11:33AM (#24672685)
> The relation between the two books resembles that between, say, Manual of Surgery and Frankenstein, or Teach Yourself Romanian and Dracula.

Wtf?

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