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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:43:41 -0700
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On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:19:44 -0700
Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I saw something about Intel defining a new ISA which is x86 with all
> the weird corners filed off.

(...which nobody will actually *use,* because backwards-compatibility
is the only thing x86 has going for it...)