Re: Proposed Assembler Commands



In article <427357BE.90B@xxxxxxxx>, no@xxxxxxxx says...
> o All,
>
> Microprocessors have become so simple that it seems anyone can program
> them nowadays. But think of what it was like when the first processors
> came out and you had to program around noisy circuits and unreliable
> memory.
>
> For example, here is a list of assembler commands that emulate the
> performance of the first computers. (They were found in old Deja View
> files.)
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Assembler Commands:
>
> MNEMONIC INSTRUCTION
>
>
>
You forgot the most important one of all

BOC Branch On Conundrum

That way Spock couldn't tie up all of your computers resources just by
telling it to calculate PI to the last decimal place.

.



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