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lubosm ◴[09 Jul 25 05:39 UTC] No.44506640[source]▶

I'd like to point at CALL, a CPU instruction, and its origins. I'm not familiar with this, but it could reveal more than programming languages. The instruction is present at least since first intel microprocessors and microcontrollers were designed.

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1. immibis ◴[09 Jul 25 13:30 UTC] No.44509840[source]▶

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The instruction comes from programming languages.

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Phrase origin: Why do we "call" functions?