On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 23:59:17 -0000, MELVYN MALTZ wrote: >I think you miss the point.
I think you miss the point of what the POO is. >What I am suggesting is that each instruction is concisely defined. They are. >Start with ADD in Chapter 7, where 15 instructions are concisely compressed >into a meaningless hotchpotch of description. "Meaningless hotchpotch"? I disagree. >Do you think that a student after reading that section would know what ASI >actually did ? Yes, I do. And how it differs form other forms of the ADD instruction. It really isn't terribly complicated, and I wouldn't call it a "section". The description is about a page and a half, including the programming notes. It does require that it be read and not just skimmed. -- Tom Marchant
