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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br><br><div>> From: invalid@invalid.invalid<br>> Subject: Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes<br>> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 13:42:46 +0000<br>> To: python-list@python.org<br>[...]<br>> VN designs are still very common in smaller CPUs (embedded stuff).<br><br>DSPs perhaps... not CPUs. Even ARMs are Harvard variants.<br><br>> Even modern desktop CPUs are "logically" still Von Neumann designs<br>> from the programmer's point of view (there's only a single address<br>> space for both data and instructions). The fact that there are two<br>> sparate caches is almost entirely hidden from the user. If you start<br>> to do stuff like write self-modifying code, then _may_ start having to<br>> worry about cache coherency.<br><br>Code/data separation isn't the only aspect. VN architecture is totally serial, even for RAM.<br><br>It's been a while since we've got into the multi-core, multipath world. Even in embedded devices.<br><br>> -- <br>> Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I request a weekend in<br>> at Havana with Phil Silvers!<br>> gmail.com <br>> -- <br>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list<br></div> </div></body>
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