Re: 6502, 65816 = RISC ?

[mhackett@alpha.vaxxine.com (Michael Hackett)]

Nathan Mates (nathan@visi.com) wrote:
> In article <3211B31A.27EC@esis.vsnet.ch>,
> Gilles Tschopp  <gilles.tschopp@esis.vsnet.ch> wrote:
> >For you, can you consider the 6502 (and 65816) as RISC ? 
>
>    I call it "close but not quite" to RISC.

I'd just call it a simple CISC. :-)  It doesn't bear enough resemblence to
any RISC designs that I've seen to even be considered with them.

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Michael Hackett
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