Programming
The Z22 was designed to be easier to program than previous first generation computers. It was programmed in machine code with 38 bit instruction words, consisting of 5 fields:
- the first 2 bits must always be 10
- the next 5 bits contain a condition symbol
- the next 13 bits contain an operation symbol
- the next 5 bits contain a core memory address
- the next 13 bits contain a drum memory address
There also was an assembly-like programming language called "Freiburger Code". It was designed to make programming programs for solving mathematical problems easier than writing machine code, and reportedly did so.
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