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On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 8:33 PM Paul Gilmartin <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Apr 16, 2022, at 17:32:03, Steve Smith wrote:
> ...
> Do any mnemonics use numeric digits?  Is it IBM's intention never
> to use digits in mnemonics?  (But at one time IBM seemed committed
> never to use mnemonics longer than four letters.)
>

SAM31 & its friends are all that come to mind.

>
> > Anyway, nothing here looks nearly as bad as the infamous introduction of
> > the MSG operation.
> >
> I don't know that one.  Did IBM step on its own toes?
>

I'd say it stepped on a lot of toes with that one, but not necessarily its
own.  It's one of 11 varieties of MULTIPLY SINGLE (13 inc. immediate forms).

>
> --
> gil
>

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