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John Dallman to All

Re: VMS previous DEC/CPQ/HP[E] decisions

21 Sep 25 10:56:00

   From: jgd@cix.co.uk   
      
   In article <68cf5518$0$718$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>, arne@vajhoej.dk   
   (Arne Vajhøj) wrote:   
      
   > > Correction:   
   > >  >50 bytes long   
   > But it is possible to make a 100 byte instruction.   
   >   
   > If reusing jump destinations I guess it would be possible   
   > to create a 32 KB instruction.   
      
   Ouch!   
      
   Register masks are another thing that make fast implementation difficult.   
      
      
   John   
      
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