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Copying something quoted on HN ~4yrs ago: "IBM has a well-known disdain for vowels, and basically refuses to use them for mnemonics (they were called on this,
by perl4ever 6y ago
Copying something quoted on HN ~4yrs ago:
"IBM has a well-known disdain for vowels, and basically refuses to use them for mnemonics (they were called on this, and did "eieio" as an instruction just to try to make up for it)."
- Linus Torvalds, 2009
- archi42 6y agoI could swear it also has a `mkitso` mnemonic.
- perl4ever 6y agoDon't think so. There is "stfsux" though. I like rlwinm which takes five arguments. It can do so many things there are like 12 alternative mnemonics for simplicity. https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_aix_72/assembler/idalangref_32bit_rtate_shift.html https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_aix_72/as...