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0 pointskstrauser5mo ago0 comments

That's fair. Are there any instruction sets that strike you as pretty?

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WalterBright5mo ago· 2 in thread

The PDP-11 instruction set. It fits neatly onto a single sheet of paper. It's all very regular and orthogonal. It's simplicity is a work of genius.

How do you feel about the 6502?

I never programmed one, and haven't studied its instruction set.

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