In message <HyM8b.21296$dk4.662667@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Randall R Schulz
<rrschulz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>I did learn PDP-11 assembly and wrote programs in it for one of my
>undergraduate courses (among other things, this was the course in
>which the concept of recursive subroutines were introduced in the CS
>curriculum of that institution in that era). The instruction set is so
>elegant and the opcode formats so regular and predictable, that for
>years I could use the front panel switches (!) to key in an interrupt
>driven routine to echo keyboard input back to the TTY / CRT.
You know, when I was a lad, I had to live in a hole in the road, and
take a bath in the puddles when it rained. These youngsters today, they
don't know how easy they have it!
Seriously Randall, thats a fabulous story you have there. I've never
programmed anything via switches on the front. I think I should be
relieved to say that. Either your college was underfunded, or you are
older than I?
Stephen
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