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6502 and 680x0 were just a delight. I learned C (and later C++) solely because I couldn’t escape x86 anymore and hated assembly on those chips.

Still do, really, though I’m decades beyond wanting to write anything in assembly now.



I love 68K. So nice to read with the separated data/address registers, and between the instruction set and addressing modes you can easily translate idiomatic C into reasonable 68K assembly.

Main downside is that with 68K you're more likely to be loading your program into an OS rather than bare metal hardware, and have to deal with things like relocation.




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