On 9/10/25 11:02, ben via cctalk wrote:
On 2025-09-10 8:46 a.m., Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
On 9/10/25 08:32, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
On Sep 9, 2025, at 8:52 PM, Martin Eberhard via cctalk
<[email protected]> wrote:
I just love the PDP11's assembly language.
Yes, the PDP-11 machine language was INCREDIBLY
brilliant, and did the very best with what you could do
in 16 bits!
But even then you could see the hand writing on the wall
for 16 bits.
Oh, absolutely, the PDP-11 was the best 16-bit instruction
set I've ever seen, and I've seen quite a few. But, there
were substantial limitations. Then, I moved up to the VAX,
which was a real experience! Over the top instruction set,
but it kept all the greatness of the PDP-11, and solved the
address space issue.
Jon
