Re: The joy of FORTRAN-like languages

On 30/09/2024 14:33, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On 30 Sep 2024 16:51:33 -0400, Rich Alderson wrote:
 

[PDP-6/PDP-10:] Lovely machines to program.

 Bit before my time (the main campus machine was a PDP-11/70 when I started
first year Comp Sci). But I know they had a very loyal community, who were
very upset when DEC cancelled its “Jupiter” project in favour of going
all-in on VAX.

"Venus is much smaller than Jupiter, but it is also a lot closer!"

I read some docs once. One thing I can remember is the “JUMP” instruction
is actually a no-op: if you want an unconditional jump, for example, you
use “JUMPA”, for “jump always”. ;)