(corrected formatting. sorry)
At 8/23/2011 07:12 AM, Tony Thigpen wrote:
Personally, I think the POP has gotten too big. It's over 1400 pages and growing. I also agree with an earlier poster that I had rather see less combining of instructions as sometimes the exceptions get lost.
Absolutely! Here is a typical PoOP paragaph:
For LOAD HALFWORD (LH, LHR, and LHY), LOAD HALFWORD IMMEDIATE (LHI), and LOAD HALFWORD RELATIVE LONG (LHRL), the first operand is treated as a 32-bit signed binary integer. For LOAD HALFWORD (LGH and LGHR), LOAD HALFWORD IMMEDIATE (LGHI), and LOAD HALFWORD RELATIVE LONG (LGHRL), the first operand is treated as a 64-bit signed binary integer.
Huh???? I think that the PoOP could be shortened by at least 25% if they would just get rid of (and by "rid of", I only intend "reduce the use of") such arduous nomenclature... Come on... Would it really be that bad if they changed, "For LOAD HALFWORD (LGH and LGHR), LOAD HALFWORD IMMEDIATE (LGHI), and LOAD HALFWORD RELATIVE LONG (LGHRL)..." to simply, "For LGH, LGHR, LGHI and LGHRL..." BTW: When I say "arduous", I mean that stuff is really really hard to read! Dave Cole REPLY TO: [email protected] ColeSoft Marketing WEB PAGE: http://www.colesoft.com 736 Fox Hollow Road VOICE: 540-456-8536 Afton, VA 22920 FAX: 540-456-6658
