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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN-like languages
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:33:34 -0000 (UTC)
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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.

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”. ;)