segmented memory models

[der Mouse]

> You are welcome to pick whatever kind of system that you like.
> Whether or not it is "brain-damaged" is an issue of whether it
> performs as intended,

This is not how I have learned to use "brain-damaged".  A cretinous
design, implemented perfectly, is still cretinous.

Whether a segmented architecture such as the 8086's *is* brain-damaged
is a separate issue; as you point out, this depends on the intended
use.  (For general-purpose computing, I am inclined to say it is, but
that's orthogonal to my principal point here.)

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