6502 vs Z80, round 97

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_netwiz.net>
Date: Mon Apr 12 21:20:49 1999

>It's true, what you say about the value of discussing performance without
>discussing the task. Keep in mind, though, that Motorola's favorite trick
>was to boast how fast its processors could execute no-op's.

One of my earliest real lessons in programming came from attempting to use
nested macro's of nop instructions for a delay loop.
Received on Mon Apr 12 1999 - 21:20:49 BST