Branch and Hang

humour (BRH) Originally a mythical instruction for the IBM1130 at Indiana University.

Later some real examples were discovered. The TexasInstruments TI-980 allowed all addressing modes with all

instructions, including Store Immediate Extended (stores the

value into the extension word of the instruction) and Branch

and Link Immediate (makes a subroutine call to the same

instruction -- Branch and Hang).

Compare HCF.

(1997-02-12)