Re: New System/3x0 Instruction

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From: Leonard D Woren
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1991 11:08

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Oh yeah.  One more thing.

> "instruction" is really just a subroutine of the operating system that IBM
> has decided to make faster by implementing in microcode.

Let's see now.  UPT and CFC are subroutines of SORT, not of the O.S.
And they are now documented in the POP, which according to someone's
recent definition makes them part of the architecture and real
INSTRUCTIONS.


/Leonard

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From: LDW@USCMVSA.BITNET (Leonard D Woren)
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