From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [50.116.15.146]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4794D213B8 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2024 20:55:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25526427A7; Fri, 29 Mar 2024 05:55:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-lj1-x230.google.com (mail-lj1-x230.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::230]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0E5942453 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2024 05:55:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-lj1-x230.google.com with SMTP id 38308e7fff4ca-2d6fd3cfaa6so19085211fa.2 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:55:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1711655733; x=1712260533; darn=tuhs.org; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=9A36pnvM98nnWrNUcbshPJjny9a3fmWMHCs40cpArC4=; b=LAiJ6TzD+9e4EAWJYZC8L1i6AFMXV96oq0wRNF9MGcoF26y9vvp9tfFx9fuAN6OwOf MZUCa5c8TlA08tVpVuycT5Qm7OKNRRFhFkvh0r4ZFhaf32FhGDjMkfyFcuwNdNQKQmoE 7luptL7GFNGGYdqMxBhAdC6ATgf799UmM6wAQYcO2ATmNcZ6z1mUbKQZ334ZH/JcZ+db 904iIixxotwVuPbCmGaZeJMaqkDXbX02Mu9VB+K5ITMm8piqznQ8Gto/YDt278TJywDJ IebOzigcN3QKinHB6rxv5EtC4xq5bxrPWmJdk3AwUY7ogciWezQn+MVOlJ0Hy8B0D0lV 6fog== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1711655733; x=1712260533; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=9A36pnvM98nnWrNUcbshPJjny9a3fmWMHCs40cpArC4=; b=XL+RNVOvSQsgC2o2FCqtO5W+smRmYY25PyR3gmZMcvLiNZsNggBOmn09yol6OkK217 muclxv71Q2ZgsOzL3DqqkzdpQuvJrphJ+z9MAhiVfThTmsTN8Ras3uNn4akR4cSoR3ad zpVBZPJjmOce73UXwPo9u/k2+3QqZ2gJKSBUYtXmmBoQDSAyCoMjghxYbJo+C8hqgiK1 4PXnAlENLPPMJ+M78l/bwRkk2S4A8ub9/ISEl16W7DEFJ5o//TeqqC8W2nimqCo1O4Yr YShV1sXy/ny0pjpHsmRDN93yTRSBTF9esm+8J8n4lEHIRXFxcaUO3+TMIwSh+0zaQAxP FdYQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yw1BZ8DTXy7dketyGY0R7zSQpMKhAV05s3js37V2ZfCbawmB2xw D6nAAZixeuue3g6xH8cuTprShDn0oKzF7cklMFxD5VymP/3slKOMTN/XXehKZ+klei5Yh1xsWjc xmEYa5vOQluSt/gJUkzeVn7LuQD8QQsxq X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHhXf7BMOLSxBMYfdP23z1TK6MG/7yzoKIPoI3q5pt8G38PC/J9BEdD4y1UHQRwg6L9PAKrR3bQ/wp0C/sbAu0= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:a4c3:0:b0:2d4:83f9:2e21 with SMTP id p3-20020a2ea4c3000000b002d483f92e21mr98213ljm.42.1711655733432; Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:55:33 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: ron minnich Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:55:21 -0700 Message-ID: To: Tom Lyon Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000f819940614bde72b" Message-ID-Hash: L2L75IVBB7I236A2PKQC2FVLHWFZQP5V X-Message-ID-Hash: L2L75IVBB7I236A2PKQC2FVLHWFZQP5V X-MailFrom: rminnich@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: .globl directive -- is this a 35-bit constant? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --000000000000f819940614bde72b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable yeah I know, but my vague memory is that the 7-bit bytes started to be preferred. But yeah, it's probably a co-inky-dink, as the three stooges would say. On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 12:48=E2=80=AFPM Tom Lyon wrote: > But they had RADIX 50, which would've allowed global. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_RADIX_50 > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 12:44=E2=80=AFPM ron minnich = wrote: > >> ACPI has 4-byte identifiers (guess why!), but I just wondered, writing >> some assembly: >> is it globl, not global, or glbl, because globl would be a one-word >> constant on the PDP-10 (5 7-bit bytes)? >> >> Not entirely off track, netbsd at some point (still does?) ran on the >> PDP-10. >> > --000000000000f819940614bde72b Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
yeah I know, but my vague memory is that the 7-bit bytes s= tarted to be preferred. But yeah, it's probably a co-inky-dink, as the = three stooges would say.

On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 12:48=E2=80=AFPM Tom Lyon &= lt;pugs78@gmail.com> wrote:
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But= they had RADIX 50, which would've allowed global.=C2=A0https://en.wikipe= dia.org/wiki/DEC_RADIX_50

On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 12:44=E2=80=AFPM ron = minnich <rminnic= h@gmail.com> wrote:
ACPI has 4-byte identifiers (guess why!), but I= just wondered, writing some assembly:
is it globl, not global, or glbl= , because globl=C2=A0would=C2=A0be a one-word constant on the PDP-10 (5 7-b= it bytes)?=C2=A0

Not entirely off track, netbsd at= some point (still does?) ran on the PDP-10.
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