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Re: 6502, 65816 = RISC ?
In article <3211B31A.27EC@esis.vsnet.ch>, Gilles Tschopp >
> Moreover, the 6502 has only five registers and can manage
> directly the memory. So it has less opcodes to execute, compared
> with the 8086, and can be considered as RISC.
>
> For you, can you consider the 6502 (and 65816) as RISC ?
>
> I would like to know your advice ! Thank you.
My feeling: No, absolutely not.
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Jim Wong (jd-wong@uiuc.edu)