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To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: unix + asm 
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Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 18:20:48 -0700
From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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> Poul-Henning Kamp stands accused of saying:
> > 
> > > Depends on your point of view, of course.  For the Zilog `ld'
> > > mnemonic, ``ld dst, src'' sounds more reasonable to me (``load the dst
> > > with src.'').  For the Intel `mov' mnemonic, the other way round seems
> > > better suited (``move src into dst.'').
> > 
> > Principle of least asstonishment strikes again!   I agree!
> 
> How about tracking history a bit more?  PDP/68K assembly syntax is all
> <mnem> <src>,<dst>, and I suspect that gas' origins lie more in that 
> direction...

How about moving this sort discussion to who-gives-a-shit mailing list

	Amancio