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From: Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN-like languages
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:03:36 -0700
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On 30/09/2024 14:33, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On 30 Sep 2024 16:51:33 -0400, Rich Alderson wrote:
> 
>> [PDP-6/PDP-10:] Lovely machines to program.
> 
> Bit before my time (the main campus machine was a PDP-11/70 when I started
> first year Comp Sci). But I know they had a very loyal community, who were
> very upset when DEC cancelled its “Jupiter” project in favour of going
> all-in on VAX.

"Venus is much smaller than Jupiter, but it is also a lot closer!"


> I read some docs once. One thing I can remember is the “JUMP” instruction
> is actually a no-op: if you want an unconditional jump, for example, you
> use “JUMPA”, for “jump always”. ;)