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		kstrauser 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Conditions in the Intel 8087 floating-point chip's... That's fair. Are there any instruction sets that strike you as pretty?

WalterBright 5 days ago [–]

The PDP-11 instruction set. It fits neatly onto a single sheet of paper. It's all very regular and orthogonal. It's simplicity is a work of genius.

NetMageSCW 5 days ago | [–]

How do you feel about the 6502?

WalterBright 5 days ago | | [–]

I never programmed one, and haven't studied its instruction set.

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