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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:22:09 -0800
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On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:06:25 GMT
scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote:

> From what I've seen of the PDP-10, the VAX-11 instruction set
> was superior.   I'm sure the PDP-10 folks will disagree, but
> simply thinking about character handling on the PDP-10 gives one
> a headache.

Now, for *real* fun, try the PDP-8, where you don't even have a
subtract instruction...!

(Truthfully, I kind of enjoy it - it has a very ultra-minimalist
tinkerer feel, like working on an oldschool single-cylinder lawnmower
or a classic VW. But goodness does it make you *think* about how to
synthesize a bunch of things we take for granted on pretty much *any*
other architecture...)