Buck Rogers in the 25th Century!
It has been a number of years since I wrote assembly language for Intel processors--back when we were still stuck in real address mode (1 MB maximum RAM, segmented architecture) . I'm brushing up on my Intel assembly language in preparation for an interview tomorrow--and reading the features that now appear in the post-486 processors is like coming out of many decades long coma, and marveling at how much the technology has advanced. Flat addressing memory models! Speculative execution to speed up performance! Hyperthreading! Where are the jet packs and wristwatch phones?
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