Re: A89: Various 68K/TI89 things

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Subject: Re: A89: Various 68K/TI89 things
From: Olle Hedman <oh@hem.passagen.se>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 01:38:33 +0200
References: <19991013.162733.-511539.0.benjamin99@juno.com>
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Alan C Johnson wrote:
> Also, why is this language so ugly?  It just looks terrible compared to
> Z80.  

I  agree! :D

> You might think they would have logical mneumonics, and instead of
> packing all 13 or whatever different address modes, have different
> mneumonics for them.  For example, I like my imaginary instruction:
> 
>         PUSH.W d0,(a0)
> 
> much better than:
> 
>         MOVE.W do,(a0)-
> 

I dont see why your instruction should be any easier to remember or more
logical.. 
anyway, you can fix this if you want, using the macro-function in a68k.
Not advisable if you are going to publish your code though.. :)

//Olle

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A89: Various 68K/TI89 things

From: Alan C Johnson <benjamin99@juno.com>

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