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Subject: i386-devil spawn of the PDP-11?
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[Q:  What do you think of the PDP-11 architecture?]

> It's simply beautiful.  The PDP-11 architecture is the pinnacle of
> 16-bit computing, as the 6502 (the world's first RISC chip) is the

> For the definition of "butt ugly", see the Intel i386 and its ilk.

How much of the i386 design derives either directly or indirectly 
from the PDP-11? 

Ed