From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 3:30:46 AM UTC+10, Joe Monk wrote:   
      
   > > IBM programmers did that on the 360s and in the late 50's,   
   > > the Electrodata Datatron systems recommended using unused operand   
   > > fields in the instructions as temporary storage.   
      
   > Yes, and it is a major irritation for Paul, which I think is funny as shit.   
   >   
   > He can't create 32-bit programs on his PDOS/3X0 because we use   
   > the top bit (bit 0 in a 32-bit address) as a flag to indicate the end   
   > of a parameter list,   
      
   That is not correct. I create 32-bit programs just fine.   
      
   If other people's crappy programs don't work, that's   
   their problem. RPF works after it was cleaned up.   
   Everything based on PDPCLIB works after it too was   
   cleaned up.   
      
   > a technique which is still in use today and   
   > was first started on the IBM 360 series. Noone in the IBM world   
   > has a problem with 31-bit programs ...   
      
   That omniscience in action again.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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