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TIL that the guy who invented these names, Steve Russell, was the guy who 9 years later mentored Bill Gates and Paul Allen on the PDP-10. History's cool.

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That is cool, but I was wondering if you had a citation for Steve Russell coining the names? I don't believe that's true.

Scroll down on the parent. He talks about the 704 instructions and not having a better idea at the time.

Oh, sorry, the linked story used to be different. I hadn't noticed it was changed.

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