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> > Now, see, if *I* were designing a processor, a reset (i.e.
> > external or reset instruction) would clear the entire contents of
> > memory.
>
> And you'd be spending a bunch of transistors that could be put to
> better use in most applications, or left off completely to reduce
> die size and cost.

Hence the "But, then I don't design processors, now do I?"

- --Brendan
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"Rejection out of hand of all but one's favoured alternative may cost
you dearly in one way or another." -Russell McMahon



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