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What is the difference between a stock-hardware and a micro-coded machine in "A Critique of Common Lisp"?

I was reading this article: A Critique of Common Lisp and finding it hard to make out the precise definition of "stock-hardware machine" and its difference with "micro-coded" machines. I tried to ...

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asked Apr 2, 2013 at 19:15

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