On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:28:33 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Maas, http://tinyurl.com/uh3t) wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
>Note: On IBM 1620, instructions and forward-sweeping data records >were addressed by their *first* digit, whereas arithmetic fields >were addressed by their *last* digit, the low-order position, to >support natural add-and-carry operations. Storage was decimal >digits, with two extra bits, flag to indicate negative value (if in >low-order position) or high-order-end (if in any other position), >and parity. What a memory you have to recall the precise details of work you did 45 odd years ago. -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products The Java Glossary http://mindprod.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
