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26 lines
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VAXOLOGY
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There is a computer named VAX,
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Which is totally loaded with hacks,
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But the real piece of crap
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Is the overflow trap,
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Which an old-PC register lacks.
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It's got byte-string instructions galore,
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But the packed decimal format is poor,
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And the halfword length means
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That it isn't worth beans,
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Just like the 360's of yore.
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Oh, the branch mnemonics are losing,
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And the right to left numbers confusing,
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But the thing that's a pain,
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An efficiency drain,
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Is the miniscule page size they're using.
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Well, they give you lots of good stuff,
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And the address space size is enough,
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But you can't do an "exch",
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And it makes you say "bletch",
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When you see all the RSX cruft.
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