[Info-vax] Microsoft: Alpha architecture responsible for poor Windows file compression

[David Froble]

Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2016-11-03 18:39:41 +0000,   VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG said:
> 
>> In article <230f493b-7b7c-4e12-8eee-8fdc1c7b9baa at googlegroups.com>, 
>> Bob Gezelter <gezelter at rlgsc.com> writes:
>>> {...snip...}
>>> In this case, it would be interesting to see if the original 
>>> compression sc=
>>> heme (the one with "poor" Alpha performance) had been re-coded in 
>>> MACRO-64 =
>>> by a proficient MACRO-64 programmer. My experience on other 
>>> architectures i=
>>> n similar situations is that re-coding such an "inner loop" construct 
>>> in op=
>>> timized assembler (religiously eliminating non-64-bit memory 
>>> references) wo=
>>> uld have closed the gap and likely then some.
>>
>> Are looking to hire me? :P
> 
> Are you looking to work on Microsoft Windows?
> 
> 

That's just plain MEAN!

And funny ...