7 Feb
2022
7 Feb
'22
9:24 p.m.
On 2/7/22 15:10, Thomas DeBellis wrote:
The PDP-10 is interesting (or strange) in that it uses
skips to convey
the result of various tests and comparisons. You don't use tests to set
PC flags and do conditional jumps on them (like nearly every other
architecture that comes to mind immediately).
PDP-8 works this way too. Many people wrinkle their noses about it,
but I find the skip model to be very convenient and easy to wrangle.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA