There is also an other reason for not wasting "a single byte": Branches are the only Jumps with condition. So, when you have a far destination that is more tha

There is also an other reason for not wasting "a single byte": Branches are the only Jumps with condition. So, when you have a far destination that is more than 127 bytes away, you have to do that: want to do: BCS far_dest Have to do: BCC no_jump JMP far_dest no_jmp: ... So, when you wasted to many "single bytes", you may end up up adding 3 Bytes and at least 3 cycles to your conditional jumps.