28 Jan
2008
28 Jan
'08
5:36 p.m.
woodelf wrote:
Jim Leonard wrote:
But seriously -- why? I didn't find it all that horrible -- in fact, I
missed the string handling (REP MOVSW/STOSW/SCASW/etc.) on all the other
platforms I mentioned. If they truly deserve to be shot, I want to know
why :-)
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Other than the goofy segment layout, what did you
find "annoying"
about the 8086 instruction set? I'm curious, because I'm only
familiar with 6809, 8080, 8086, and 68000 and I wouldn't describe any
of them as "annoying" (limited in some areas, yes, but I equate
"annoying" with "making me want to physically injure the chip
designers").
Can we just shoot the designers of the 8086 and just leave it that. !?