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/ ____/___ _____/ /___ ______ ___
/ /_ / __ \/ ___/ __/ / / / __ \/ _ \
/ __/ / /_/ / / / /_/ /_/ / / / / __/
/_/ \____/_/ \__/\__,_/_/ /_/\___/
If you didn't get caught, did you really do it?
No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife in the shoulder blades will
seriously cramp his style.
We will have solar energy as soon as the utility companies solve one
technical problem -- how to run a sunbeam through a meter.
It's not enough to be Hungarian; you must have talent too.
-- Alexander Korda
If you're happy, you're successful.
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is
not hereditary.
-- Thomas Paine
Proposed Additions to the PDP-11 Instruction Set:
BBW Branch Both Ways
BEW Branch Either Way
BBBF Branch on Bit Bucket Full
BH Branch and Hang
BMR Branch Multiple Registers
BOB Branch On Bug
BPO Branch on Power Off
BST Backspace and Stretch Tape
CDS Condense and Destroy System
CLBR Clobber Register
CLBRI Clobber Register Immediately
CM Circulate Memory
CMFRM Come From -- essential for truly structured programming
CPPR Crumple Printer Paper and Rip
CRN Convert to Roman Numerals
But in our enthusiasm, we could not resist a radical overhaul of the
system, in which all of its major weaknesses have been exposed,
analyzed, and replaced with new weaknesses.
-- Bruce Leverett, "Register Allocation in Optimizing
Compilers"
Sunday, 20 September 2026 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org
