In <139601ce33da$91189ec0$b349dc40$@mcn.org>, on 04/07/2013
at 02:55 PM, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> said:
>BASIC and FORTRAN both used sequence numbers as "labels" but they
>were on the left, not the right, correct?
Those weren't sequence numbers, and sequence numbers are only on the
right for FB.
>Speaking of not portable program formats, didn't Symbolic Optimal
>Assembly Program (SOAP) optimize code speed by scattering
>instructions around a drum such that the next instruction to be
>executed was just coming under the read head?
Do you know of any 650 assembler that didn't?
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