Re: YAA -- Yet Another Acronym

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From: ent... Angel of Dope
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 1990 16:20

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In article <23...@tellab5.tellabs.com> to...@tellab5.tellabs.com (Joseph G. Toth Jr.) writes:

>   My WAG is that close to 98% of all op-codes available in
>   assemblers that generate machine code are 3 characters.
>   The longer/shorter op-codes only seem to appear in more
>   recent micro-processor development, starting with the
>   Intel 8088/8086 ( I think, OK its not that recent, ;^)
>   but not as old as the 6502 etal ).

Oh my.  IBM 370 assembly language has mnemonics with lengths
between 1 (N, A, et al.) and 5 (STCTL et al.) and has had
such for a very long time indeed.  You microcomputer people
are all the same. 
--

    "Oh, what a great genius this Pococurante is!  Nothing can please him."
Mark-Jason Dominus 	   ent...@pawl.rpi.EDU	     uunet!inco!alembic!entropy

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From: ent...@pawl22.pawl.rpi.edu (Angel of Dope)
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Subject: Re: YAA -- Yet Another Acronym
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Date: 29 Mar 90 16:20:37 GMT
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