I would have appreciated some historical context for the z80 in this post. 8,500 transistors (equiv to ~2800 nand gates in depletion-load nmos logic * ) and not

I would have appreciated some historical context for the z80 in this post. 8,500 transistors (equiv to ~2800 nand gates in depletion-load nmos logic * ) and not really designed to be a compiler target. I'd say the z80 is pretty impressive - but certainly with quirks. I would have enjoyed that kind of framing much more than "lol the z80 sux!" * Not saying the z80 was implemented with all nand, just providing the figure as a reference.