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The names of the machine's primitive data types are interesting, and refreshing if you're tired of the more well-known ones. These are the load instructions, fo
by unwind 9y ago
The names of the machine's primitive data types are interesting, and refreshing if you're tired of the more well-known ones. These are the load instructions, for reading data from memory:
Load a Byte LDB $X,$Y,$Z
Load a Wyde (2Byte) LDW $X,$Y,$Z
Load a Tetra (4Byte) LDT $X,$Y,$Z
Load an Octa (8Byte) LDO $X,$Y,$Z
I thought the "wyde" in the instruction set reference was a typo, until I saw that it was used all over the place. :)
I guess it's better (less ambiguous) than "word", "long", "double word", and so on.
- cjdrake 9y ago"Two bytes makes one wyde." Can't remember where I heard/read that, but it's classic Knuth humor :).