By: Brett (ggtgp.delete@this.yahoo.com), August 7, 2022 9:56 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Mark Roulo (nothanks.delete@this.xxx.com) on August 7, 2022 6:05 pm wrote:
> Brett (ggtgp.delete@this.yahoo.com) on August 7, 2022 5:37 pm wrote:
>
> > As much as I once loved the 68000, it is a horrid kludge that was
> > just thrown together without an understanding of software.
>
> The 68000 was designed in an era when serious programming was done
> in assembly rather than in C or something even higher level.
>
> An understanding that simpler instructions (especially regarding addressing
> modes and decode simplicity) combined with a cache was better came later.
The 68000 was the poor man’s VAX, that is the sum total of the thinking going into the design.
> Brett (ggtgp.delete@this.yahoo.com) on August 7, 2022 5:37 pm wrote:
>
> > As much as I once loved the 68000, it is a horrid kludge that was
> > just thrown together without an understanding of software.
>
> The 68000 was designed in an era when serious programming was done
> in assembly rather than in C or something even higher level.
>
> An understanding that simpler instructions (especially regarding addressing
> modes and decode simplicity) combined with a cache was better came later.
The 68000 was the poor man’s VAX, that is the sum total of the thinking going into the design.