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Fri Apr 13 21:17:11 EDT 2001 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-April/088182.html

Ron Stephens wrote:
> 
> What is "MIX"????

MIX is a computer (or its assembly language):

"""
MIX is the world's first polyunsatured computer. Like most machines, it has an
identifying number -- the 1009.  This number was found by taking 16 actual
computers very similar to MIX and on which MIX could easily be simulated, then
averaging their numbers with equal weight:

 INT ((360 + 650 + 709 + 7070 + U3 + SS80 + 1107 + 1604 + G20 + B220 + S2000 +
920 + 601 + H800 + PDP-4 + II)/16) = 1009

The same number may also be obtained in a simpler way by taking Roman numerals.
"""

 -Donald E. Knuth, "The Art of Computer Programming", 
                   Vol. 1, p.124

You can look for "MIXware" here:
http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html

or for lots of stuff here:
http://www.google.com/search?q=MIX+knuth

Anyway, you probably don't need to know unless you worship Knuth. But hei!,
what kind of person would not worship Knuth? :-)

Sebrosa

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