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Re:Intel x86 documentation has more pages than the 6502 has ... by kazinator on Thursday December 08, 2016 @09:05AM (#13130300)
If you take words literally, you will find it difficult simply to converse with humans.
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Re:Intel x86 documentation has more pages than the 6502 has ... by pjc50 on Thursday December 08, 2016 @09:22AM (#13130398)
So what did you mean? The processor clearly does everything, so why say that it does nothing? You're railing against "complexity" that you show no sign of understanding.
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Re:Intel x86 documentation has more pages than the 6502 has ... by kazinator on Thursday December 08, 2016 @12:23PM (#13132054)
Whereas a processor whose programming view can be documented in only 200 pages doesn't do everything. Gotcha!
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