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Generations of programming language: Made it clear that 24576 is decimal. PDP-11 code is always expressed as octal. Showed PDP-11 instruction with its mandatory operands.
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}}</ref> ''Machine language'' requires the programmer to enter instructions using ''instruction numbers'' called [[machine code]]. For example, the ADD operation on the [[PDP-11]] has instruction number 24576.{{efn|Whereas this is a (decimal) number, PDP-11 code is always expressed as [[octal]].}}<ref name="sco-ch7-p399">{{cite book
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