bcase (02/24/83)
#R:sytek:-28400:uiucdcs:10400045:000:639 uiucdcs!bcase Feb 23 17:35:00 1983 Having tried (and succeeded, after much work) to program several applications on the stupid 6502, I can agree with everybody. True, it is a cute design with a fairly regular instruction set that, for some tasks, makes programming easy. Most of the time, I enjoyed programming with the instructions provided. But when it comes to doing pointer arithmetic and addressing large tables, the thing is (almost) completely useless. For controlling things, it might be ok; but for high-level language support, think twice and then buy a z80 (or 68000). Yes, I have programmed many microprocessors and am qualified to make a valid comparison.