Comments by "Jovet" (@jovetj) on "The Evolution Of CPU Processing Power Part 2: Rise Of The x86" video.

  1. History is tough to swallow, isn't it? How do you think IBM feels about it now??!
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  2. Not a bad video... not quite as accesible as the first one, at least for newbs... but 18:38 is a good example of falling into one of my my pet-peeve pitfalls. If you're going to bring up something like "floating point numbers," it's important you explain WHAT that name means! The literal-ness of it isn't that obvious to most people... but it's a very simple concept which most people would easily memorize and understand.
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