Why did the original code for FIND.COM use lop as a label instead of loop?

The answer is that calling it loop would create ambiguity with the 8086 instruction loop. Now, you might say (if your name is Worf), that there is no ambiguity. "Every line consists of up to four things (all optional). A label, an instruction/pseudo-instruction, operands, and comments.



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