From the December 1975 issue of BYTE Magazine
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@thomasfuchs Just to check I've understood: one of the defining features that makes a language "high-level" is that its specification makes no reference to how many bits the CPU registers have, right?
@thomasfuchs @clive remains true honestly
@thomasfuchs I want that on a T-shirt now
@thomasfuchs do we have one yet?
See https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1975-12/page/n42/mode/2up for the full ad
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Frederico Faggin was more like: This opcode may seem unimplemented. In fact, it's just a little bit unconventional or unfamiliar.
Those opcodes were *so* useful for fast and compact Z80 code.
We did dirty tricks with the 68k as well 😂
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