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From: darrell@sdcsvax.UUCP (Darrell Long)
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Subject: Re: AT&T 3B-2's
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Date: Sat, 13-Apr-85 14:09:04 EST
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> >      We here at UCSD have recently received a  large  number
> > of  AT&T 3B-2's.  In their benevolent wisdom, AT&T chose not
> > to disclose anything about the assembly language  or  archi-
> > tecture of these machines.
> 
> I love it!  The ultimate hint on the use of assembler as a programming lingo!

It seems I've seen this bit of wit before.  Perhaps the wise Mr. Brooks
has  a  better vehicle than assembly language for teaching an internals
course?   The  concepts which must be mastered in assembly language are
very  important  to  future work; compiler writting and instruction set 
design are just two examples.

``A savage journey into the heart of the American Dream...'' -HST
-- 
Darrell Long
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, San Diego

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