June 1995 / Letters

Intel's P6	I enjoyed your article "Intel's P6" (April); however, the P6 is not the first chip "intended for large-scale production" with two dies on a single package.
They're Everywhere	In Tom R. Halfhill's March piece, "The Truth Behind the Pentium Bug," his instructions on how to bruise an integer (page 164) are mind-boggling.
Mutant Methods	I found your March Editorial "Mutant Chips," in which you told us not to be overly concerned about the Pentium bug and also implied that we wouldn't want to fly with an airline that was programmed using heuristic methods, to be something of a giant leap from reality.
Bob's Neighborhood	You make the point that users raised on Bob will have certain expectations ("The In-Your-Face Interface" April Editorial).
BYTE: Real Food for Real People	I'm reading my April issue and I am grateful! This issue exemplifies why I originally subscribed to BYTE: articles with meat that explain the technology.
Moving the Rock	Your March Cover Story "New Ways to Learn" was an excellently conceived, brilliantly executed article and a great service to those of us who slug it out in the process of moving the rock.
Proud Papa	I have been a contract engineer for Rockwell-Collins for almost seven years.
The Real Compatibility Test	Sal Salamone's "Compatibility Testing" (April), in which he explains his method of discerning personality traits by studying a perso n's computer habits, had me a little worried about my software-shopping husband, until I realized there is a fatal flaw in Sal's theory.
Throwing Eunuchs Out of Windows	Just wondering: If I replace Windows with Unix, have I been emasculated or defenestrated?

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