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

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