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by m463 2534 days ago
On the other hand, the first time I did 6502 assembly language programming, I was shocked.

It was so hard to do anything.

For instance, it did not have an add instruction.

You had to clear carry, then add with carry.

That said, I can see how having a microprocessor was amazingly awesome to a hardware designer like woz who could think fluidly at the transistor level.