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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Was the 360 badly-designed?  (was Re: Compatibility with EBCDIC)
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Date: Mon, 24-Aug-87 15:18:49 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 24 15:18:49 1987
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> I repeat my statement: one needs VERY good arguments to claim that the 360
> architecture was badly-designed.  Anyone care to provide them or refute them?

Ask any 360 compiler implementer about base registers.  Wear your asbestos
suit.
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Apollo was the doorway to the stars. |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
Next time, we should open it.        | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry