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I might be biased as a retrocoder hobbyist myself, but I feel like 6502 assembly would still be very useful in the classroom as a teaching tool, with it's small
by Jeema3000 16y ago
I might be biased as a retrocoder hobbyist myself, but I feel like 6502 assembly would still be very useful in the classroom as a teaching tool, with it's small and (IMO) relatively straightforward instruction set - in some ways it's sort of like the 8-bit RISC-before-there-was-RISC processor. Plus there's great retrocoding potential once you learn it! ;)
- rbanffy 16y agoWe could call it "LISC". The instruction set was never reduced, but its growth was limited by what Peddle and hist folks could fit on the chip. And yes. I learned to program on a TI-55 calculator. Limiting complexity is a very useful tool to introduce someone to programming.