Quoting Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 21:36 +0100, Marko Vojinovic wrote: >> But I've never heard of a processor that has a "search" instruction >> implemented in hardware. :-) CERTAINLY THE ibm 360/370 SERIES DID. D > > Depends what you mean by hardware. I'm pretty sure some special-purpose > machines (Lisp and Prolog machines come to mind) had string searching in > microcode. Some VLSI designs for string-searching hardware come up if > you do a Google search (!) but I doubt if any have actually been > exploited commercially. > > poc > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Krishnamurti -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines