I think we are looking at it wrong. The old style should be called
'register based programming' and baseless style as nothing special.

Tony Thigpen

-----Original Message -----
 From: john gilmore
 Sent: 12/18/2010 01:32 PM
> In  the future "baseless", always an ugly term embodying a dubious pun, will 
> need explanation.  It will be as helpful as a description of a modern 
> automobile as "crankless".
>
> To find a better term I have appointed myself to run a contest.  The prize 
> for the best suggested term, the one about which a consensus emerges, is a 
> book of the winner's choice, its cost not to exceed US$50|£40|€32.
>
> John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721-1817 USA
>
>
>

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