14 Jun
2026
14 Jun
'26
11:17 a.m.
On Jun 14, 2026, at 1:48 PM, Nadav Eiron via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
The late Luiz Barroso used to say that the x86 ISA is the most successful
ISA ever designed, by sheer numbers and longevity.
By numbers, probably, though it may be ARM at this point. By longevity, certainly not,
since the IBM/360 ISA is still around and is almost a decade older.
paul