Rght n! On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On 01/19/2017 03:49 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
On 01/19/2017 03:44 PM, Neil Cherry wrote:
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around the USA for MCI. It was used for about 15 year. ('85-'00).
Quick trivia question. Why was it named FORTH, not FOURTH?
A five-letter filename limitation, if memory serves.
Brrrr, brings back bad assembler memories (5 char limit) ....
Yeah, that's one part of history that I do NOT miss. I do a good bit of assembler these days and just wouldn't be able to stay sane with five-character identifier names.
-Dave
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