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  1. Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!batcomputer!theory.TC.Cornell.EDU!mdw
  3. From: mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh)
  4. Subject: Re: ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE IBM
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov16.191148.29742@tc.cornell.edu>
  6. Sender: news@tc.cornell.edu
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: theory.tc.cornell.edu
  8. Organization: Cornell Theory Center
  9. References: <16NOV92.12250000.0072@VM1.MCGILL.CA>
  10. Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:11:48 GMT
  11. Lines: 15
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  13. In article <16NOV92.12250000.0072@VM1.MCGILL.CA> IEGS@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA (IEGS) writes:
  14. >HOW COULD YOU SOLVE THIS:
  15. >DETERMINE HOW MANY MICRO-INSTRUCTIONS ARE REQUIRE TO PERFORM
  16. >THE ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS WITH OPERATION CODES FROM 0 TO 4.
  17. >  WRITE A (MAC-1) ASSEMBLY IBM PROGRAM TO COMPUTE X = MIN(A,B)
  18. >{IF (A<B) X=A ELSE X=B}
  19. >PLEASE REPLY TO MC.BER
  20.  
  21. Looks a lot like someone's working on a comp sci homework assignment. 
  22.  
  23. (Either that, or they're currently taking the exam and somehow
  24. snuck a laptop and thinwire link in...)
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  26. mdw
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