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Date:      Sun, 26 May 1996 18:27:58 +0000
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>
To:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers)
Subject:   Re: unix + asm 
Message-ID:  <3585.833135278@critter.tfs.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 26 May 1996 19:31:24 %2B0200." <199605261731.TAA02680@uriah.heep.sax.de> 

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> 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!
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Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.



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