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I'm not the author but I guess there would be a few reasons: 1. Familiarity with x86 assembly. It's probably the assembly language that the majority of people
by aninteger 15y ago
I'm not the author but I guess there would be a few reasons:
1. Familiarity with x86 assembly. It's probably the assembly language that the majority of people who write assembly language know. 6502 probably being 2nd place
2. Easier to port small x86 assembly programs
3. Even if it's stuck in the 80's it's the most widely used assembly language and there are dedicated online communities of people still writing x86 asm today in 2011.
- xyzzyz 15y ago2. Easier to port small x86 assembly programs I seriously doubt that people will do it. If people write assembly, they mostly do it either because of speed, or because it's impossible to do in any other way. None of the reason is relevant in context of VM assembly, which is usually meant to be a compiler's target.
- carbonica 15y agoYeah - the vast majority of x86 assembly written today is written to take advantage of specialized instructions that aren't available in this VM.