Round 98 (was Re: 6502 vs Z80, round 97)

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Mon Apr 12 21:48:05 1999

Mike Ford wrote:
> One of the things I have noticed is that great similarity exists between a
> couple of instruction sets, the 6502 and the Sparc, and the IBM 360 and
> 68000. Kind of the classics of RISC and CISC, and I love them both.

Um, what are you smoking, and where can I get some? :-)

Having programmed all four of those processors, I would not be willing
to concede much similarity between any two of the four.
Received on Mon Apr 12 1999 - 21:48:05 BST