> Another measure might be the thickness of a printed copy of > PoO. My S/360 edition is about 3/8" - 1/2" . Does anyone > have an actual printed copy of the current PoO? > > A page count from Acrobat would work, too. According to Acrobat: > > A22-6821-00 (no date - 1964?) has 168 pages. > > SA22-7832-07 (Feb 2009) has 1344 pages, exactly(!) eight > times the original. > > At least this includes a (primitive) measure of the > additional complexity, not just the instruction count.
I think that this is an excellent suggestion: it's a very 'graphical' way to demonstrate the difference, just what you need in a presentation. Fred! ----------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION: The information in this electronic mail message is private and confidential, and only intended for the addressee. Should you receive this message by mistake, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or use of this message is strictly prohibited. Please inform the sender by reply transmission and delete the message without copying or opening it. Messages and attachments are scanned for all viruses known. If this message contains password-protected attachments, the files have NOT been scanned for viruses by the ING mail domain. Always scan attachments before opening them. -----------------------------------------------------------------
