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I loved Byte. I was a subscriber to the bitter end. I learned C from Byte, which lead me to developing a C compiler (also from a Byte article series) in 6502. A
by justinlloyd 3y ago
I loved Byte. I was a subscriber to the bitter end. I learned C from Byte, which lead me to developing a C compiler (also from a Byte article series) in 6502. Along with a number of data structures and algorithms. If Byte were around today, I would happily buy it. Though I could do without the ad-fest it became in later years.
- fuzztester 3y ago>I loved Byte. I was a subscriber to the bitter end. I learned C from Byte, which lead me to developing a C compiler (also from a Byte article series) in 6502. I hope you meant the processor, not the year ;) I loved BYTE too. And congrats on creating a compiler.
- Lt_Riza_Hawkeye 3y agoI assume they meant they wrote it in 6502 assembly
- fuzztester 3y agoHeck yes, I know. I've programmed in it myself, on both the Commodore 64 and the BBC Micro. I liked that instruction set. Those were the days of 8- and 16-bit computers with slow speed and low RAM (compared to today), when people used all kinds of clever tricks to save a byte here or a clock cycle there. Good fun.
- justinlloyd 3y agoWe studied assembly as part of our ancient literature class because so few written examples of languages from that era of humanity still exist to this day. We have had heated discussions over the pronunciation of NOP and BRK. Is it "no-op" or "nope"? Is it "brake" as in to stop? Or "break" as to damage? Should we say "brk" or "berk"?
- fuzztester 3y agoClassic (pun intended)! Welcome back to the future, I mean, forward to the past.