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On 13 Mar 2000 03:56:42 -0500, Nieminen Juha wrote:
>Matt Giwer <jul### [at] ij net> wrote:
>: Everything in computing can be done with the minimalist set of
>: micro-code which actually gets down to four or five instructions
>: depending upon your side in the debate
>
> Actually 2 instructions are enough.
I once read that you could build a computer with just one instruction.
IIRC, the mnemonic was "decrement and jump if not zero" or something
like that. Obviously not the most efficient computer out there, though
(and with only one instruction, you don't need an opcode. The code IS
the data.)
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