Comment by tmaly

Comment by tmaly 2 months ago

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I learned on the Motorola 68000 series. I can confirm, it is easier to learn on a smaller instruction set for a simpler architecture.

commandlinefan 2 months ago

I learned 6502 back in the 80's, when it was current. Definitely easier than x86, but I kind of wonder if a modern learner wouldn't constantly be wondering if they were missing something and whether they were actually learning anything on what is now a completely obsolete framework. x86 is more complex, but you can actually see it _do_ something rather than hope that the emulator you're running it on is actually faithful to a real electronic device.