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Q: C, recursion and the HP-1000

Ture PålssonWas there ever a C compiler for the HP-1000? If so, what did the code for function calls look like? In particular, how did it handle recursion? If I have properly understood the documentation I have found, the architecture did not have a dedicated stack register, and the jump-to-subroutine instru...

 
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Q: What was the most complete encoding for English before Unicode?

LaurelAccording to the Unicode website: These earlier character encodings were limited and did not cover characters for all the world’s languages. Even for a single language like English, no single encoding covered all the letters, punctuation, and technical symbols in common use. Is it true that no ...


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