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Why call CS Code Segment?
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:03 am
by david
A question in my textbook:
Why call CS code segment? Why call SS stack segment?
It's difficult to answer.
I think just the men who create 8086/8088 CPU could answer it.
Re: Why call CS Code Segment?
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:53 am
by Solar
Not really. But since it's a question in your textbook (i.e., homework), I am reluctant to answer them other than with a counter-question (so you get a chance to reach the solution by yourself):
What is the instruction pointer?
What is the stack pointer?
Re: Why call CS Code Segment?
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:34 am
by DeletedAccount
(C)ode (S)egment => CS
(S)tack (S)egment => SS
Mu ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Re: Why call CS Code Segment?
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:04 am
by Brendan
Hi,
david wrote:Why call CS code segment? Why call SS stack segment?
I think that at the time 8086 was being created, the names "foo" and "bar" had already been taken...
Cheers,
Brendan
Re: Why call CS Code Segment?
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:07 am
by JamesM
Brendan wrote:Hi,
david wrote:Why call CS code segment? Why call SS stack segment?
I think that at the time 8086 was being created, the names "foo" and "bar" had already been taken...
Cheers,
Brendan