<JOKE>

What about "freebase".  You are in essence freeing up base registers.
Then you can tell people at cocktail parties that you are freebasing at the
office all day long.

</JOKE>
On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Mike Shaw <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 1:32 PM, john gilmore <[email protected]
> >wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> >
>
>
> I think 'base independent' describes it; 'base register independent' if you
> want a full formal definition.
>
> --
> Mike Shaw
> MVS/QuickRef Support Group
> Chicago-Soft, Ltd.
>

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