Re: OT: Programming (was Re: word creation algorithm)

Ah, but I used to automatically make up opcodes for the ones that
werent already one i recognized, e.g. "Branch if Jack Rice" for "BJR"
(name changed to protect the guilty), a hypothetical very specific
conditional branch on the identity of the programmer/user.  I guess it
was conlanging of a sort...




On 1/27/08, Ph. D. <phil@...> wrote:
> From: <li_sasxsek@...>
> >
>
> >> Mark J. Reed wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm too much of a geek, I guess, but the license
> >> plates around here (usually of the form "ABC
> >>123") just make me think of assembly language...
> >
> > Nothing wrong with assembly.
> >
> > NOP
> > NOP
> > NOP
> > END
>
>
> That reminds me of when I studied Fortran around
> 1973. We were advised that the new mainframe
> was so fast, we should end all programs like this
> to be sure the program actually stopped:  :-)
>
> 10 STOP
>      STOP
>      STOP
>      GO TO 10
>
> (I did assembly language full-time for seven years,
> and I too think of assembly mnemonics when I
> see local license plates. BNE branch not equal,
> SRA shift right arithmetic, etc.)
>
> --Ph. D.
>

--
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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