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From: hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: What's BCPL?
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 01:09:00 EST
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re: BCPL

now, can somebody explain to me the utility of these #$%^@ shifted pointers?
i can see how they would serve to enforce boundary alignment of certain
structures in memory, but does this justify the contortions required?
or is it some kind of vestige of pdp11's with 18-bit(?) physical addresses
and 16-bit words?
	wayne hamilton