ARM6x0 / 7x0 / 7500 erratum
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Xavier Louis Tardy (359) 27 posts |
Refering to post by Jon : LDMIA R13, {R13, R14}^ It is not a bug nor an errata, it is a feature ;-) |
GavinWraith (26) 1531 posts |
Please excuse a boring linguistic gripe: one erratum but two errata (and, controversially, it seems, the same goes for datum ). We should be grateful that Latin did not have a Dual Number . Had we got the word from Greek (of a sufficiently early date) it would be one hamartia (short final a), two hamartia (long final a) and three hamartiai . A weird business is counting. You know the story of the mathematician and his child travelling by train through the highlands? Look, Daddy, there is a black sheep! . No, there is a sheep at least one of whose sides is black! |
John Williams (567) 768 posts |
Agreed! However, I must object to an OU moderator daring to “correct” curriculums to curricula in a critique of my wife’s submission for a qualification. I’m as pedantic as the next pedant, but, really, curriculum has been adopted as an English word! As a former educationalist, I took exception to this extreme pedantry! OK – if you put it in italics you’re quoing a “foreign” word which should conform to the “foreign” grammar – but “curriculum” – I draw a line there! Data/datum I’m curiously sympathetic with. So I’m not sure exactly on which side I stand – certainly not ending a sentence with a preposition – but then we now have the dash! Make of that what you will! |
Xavier Louis Tardy (359) 27 posts |
And ‘concerti’ is plural for ‘concerto’ but nobody cares ;-( |
Jon Abbott (1421) 2598 posts |
Three RISCOS pedants in a row, I’ve won the jackpot!
I believe you’re confusing ARMv3 with ARM3, although they probably carried the “feature” over. There is no publicly accessible errata document for ARMv3, but as the “feature” is fixed in later ARM macrocells, I’m chalking it up as erratum for ARMv3. |
Xavier Louis Tardy (359) 27 posts |
I was sure you’d like it, Jon ;-) Peter Naulls has just sent me a burst of telepathic brainwaves from the asylum to use me to tell you that it is ;-) |
Jon Abbott (1421) 2598 posts |
I’ll always pronounce it “RISKOS” though as that’s all I’ve ever known it as. |
Chris Mahoney (1684) 2100 posts |
I’ve seen it written as RiscOS in at least one source file :) |
Xavier Louis Tardy (359) 27 posts |
Removed, made no sense after poster edited his post. |
David Feugey (2125) 2687 posts |
We’re all president of something here. Viva RISC OS :) |
Patrick M (2888) 115 posts |
I got the impression that there weren’t any real pedants in the thread, that it was mostly just joking. I think the problem here was possibly a case of tone being misread, perhaps on both sides. Maybe Jon didn’t mean to be aggressive with his last comment. I think we should set aside the rhetoric, get round the table, and stop this situation from escalating any further. Regards, |
Rick Murray (539) 13395 posts |
Just a quick note – Brits don’t tend to use “president” in the same sense. Say “president”, we’d think of people like Trump and Dubyah (Flanby and Sarko). Yours, Rick |
Xavier Louis Tardy (359) 27 posts |
Removed, made no sense after poster edited his post. |
Jon Abbott (1421) 2598 posts |
Perhaps move the non-errata conversation to Aldershot? |
Rick Murray (539) 13395 posts |
PS: Regardless of what people may say (often and at length), the official source of “RISC OS” is in a directory called “RiscOS” → https://www.riscosopen.org/viewer/view/castle/RiscOS/ And I call it “risk-oss” having seen it written long before having heard it said, plus “risk-oss” is a lot less mouth manipulation than “risk oh ess”. “riskoss” just sort of flows, “risk oh ess” requires two pauses and a lot of muscle movement. I’m lazy, so “risk-oss” it is… |
David Feugey (2125) 2687 posts |
Oups. Moved to aldershot. |
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