From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: peter at rulingia.com (Peter Jeremy) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2021 20:09:44 +1100 Subject: [COFF] [TUHS] 68k prototypes & microcode In-Reply-To: <20210204013356.GA16541@mcvoy.com> References: <202102030759.1137x7C2013543@freefriends.org> <202102030858.1138wuqd011051@freefriends.org> <27567.1612399305@hop.toad.com> <20210204013356.GA16541@mcvoy.com> Message-ID: On 2021-Feb-03 17:33:56 -0800, Larry McVoy wrote: >The x86 stuff is about as far away from PDP-11 as you can get. Required >to know it, but so unpleasant. Warts upon warts upon warts. The complete opposite of orthogonal. >I have to admit that I haven't looked at ARM assembler, the M1 is making >me rethink that. Anyone have an opinion on where ARM lies in the pleasant >to unpleasant scale? I haven't spent enough time with ARM assembler to form an opinion but there are a number of interesting interviews with the designers on YT: * A set of videos by Sophie Wilson (original designer) starting at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhwwrSaHdh8 * A history of ARM by Dave Jaggar (redesigner) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6sh097Dk5k If you don't want to pony up for a M1, there are a wide range of ARM SBCs that you could experiment with. -- Peter Jeremy -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 963 bytes Desc: not available URL: