From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 27415 invoked from network); 6 Jan 2022 16:02:01 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 6 Jan 2022 16:02:01 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 54DE99C705; Fri, 7 Jan 2022 02:01:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 642FC9C6E5; Fri, 7 Jan 2022 02:01:28 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccc.com header.i=@ccc.com header.b="eXYrd279"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7AC6B9C6E5; Fri, 7 Jan 2022 02:01:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qv1-f46.google.com (mail-qv1-f46.google.com [209.85.219.46]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A7A8094A6B for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2022 02:01:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qv1-f46.google.com with SMTP id fq10so2725075qvb.10 for ; Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:01:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=WGD6SlBHSxFWY4WvA2kWL2zxWALOIBkkvFgBSY8rAE4=; b=eXYrd279duf0uTbfe0UJXqODX4DDLsxtn3YHrUkbDR+EWYUoA2DWwqs1T0M6KpcUHG 0AgoM8OhiehKktVchVif6+dmi2VqOOHsK3pdJQds/Dg6EAslx8Dkx4OYDm7hQiKxLKLt EpD+0u0wxmKixNGnR8JEihUJ/HgDbQZG9YUKU= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=WGD6SlBHSxFWY4WvA2kWL2zxWALOIBkkvFgBSY8rAE4=; b=ZHLU459hjnGts3b8eUlpJqi/QVy6eLrWN5W4N4AoiWAJca+yiQUzwEPdIO4+EHWiSw PGc66vu0dORl5JNKXshgWA5gQu3FtbUdMuE8A3eeHiuK1xf8BewW+b91txSkXMyuNLsO wQwq57ruIM6FuLGr222wHsbmuiafuJldWWsumWjFFP0OP9PGlEapA7/jmp1ve9nAZEEj z7R2TDy6oQpJpA4bFzfb+VY4Gfx+ZSBcSQM/byNl41LlkAHpovmjYbuAZbAM3KIf5CWb qw+3qrZYpEs/vclSbmvQEAsQydwXEAFHzcZPqbhuhGy69oXoClkkqFl4jsbZJIPiVB4g Y/hw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531iUl4Qq/bkBHXSbCtXknchV1GxF27aWIXX03v+FtEtCEGB1/lg xzyhBin+LgI6jVHJnv0Xf/nfkVZnYQSHtq4rPBucoQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJx2Hzw2IIHTUm9syU3xXwG7bXULQ7qAtI/8yFVAWfmDtfjhZ2XW03aG3we8y6tgOxieETXFw+adGvY074ZTIOA= X-Received: by 2002:a0c:beca:: with SMTP id f10mr54805179qvj.97.1641484883534; Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:01:23 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Clem Cole Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2022 11:00:58 -0500 Message-ID: To: Douglas McIlroy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000633d5005d4ebfb55" Subject: Re: [TUHS] asm helper routines in v7 X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000633d5005d4ebfb55 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 10:27 PM Douglas McIlroy < douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote: > As I wrote in A Research Unix Reader, "Assembly language and magic > constants gradually declined from the > status of the 'real truth' (v4) to utterly forgotten (v8)." Ah ... theory and practice in alignment. --000000000000633d5005d4ebfb55 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On W= ed, Jan 5, 2022 at 10:27 PM Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote:
=C2=A0As I wrote in A Rese= arch Unix Reader, "Assembly language and magic constants gr= adually declined from the
status of the 'real truth' (v4) to utterly forgotten (v8)."=C2= =A0
Ah ... theory and practic= e in alignment.
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