[Pgubook-readers] Register name history & style

[roger]

I'm half way through and noticed two things:

1) There's not much documented on the origins of the register labels:
(ie eax, ebp, ...).  You go into a little detail on the "e" addition,
but not much on the origins of "ax, bp, ...".  I can't remember if
Randall's HLA Book explains these, I do have the book with me but have
yet to research this further.  Main reason I make mention, is I'm having
a tough time remembering the register names! I figure if I knew the
history, I may remember the names more easily. (maybe)

2) I noticed you didn't make much mention on the (spacing) style of your
source assembly files.  Hate typing in source and trying to figure out
if there's 2 spaces or what, although spacing doesn't make much
difference.  C has a tool called "indent" that will alter the spacing
according to the style choosen.  Anything similar for ASM?

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Roger
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