On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 2:24 PM Sean Conner via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> I've always been amused by IEFBR14 ever since I heard about it. I first > came across it by this quote: > Every program has at least one bug and can be shortened by at least > one instruction---from which, by induction, one can deduce that > every program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work. > IEFBR14 was this program---one instruction long, and it contained a bug: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEFBR14 > By induction you should be able to reduce a program to zero instructions. On CP/M, you actually can, and the resulting program is useful, and as far as I know, has zarro boogs. (Which instruction could a bug be in?)
