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On Sun, 2010-06-27 at 14:06 +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
> > Right, I was agreeing with you.  I meant there was no inc/dec mem  
> > insns.
> 
> Ah, I see :). I think that's really the only point where I deem the  
> x86 isa superior :). 

Heh, well, that's a typical RISC thing tho. I think ARM and MIPS are
like PowerPC here at least :-)

Cheers,
Ben.