[cctalk] Re: Intel 3086

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Jun 14, 2026, at 1:48 PM, Nadav Eiron via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> The late Luiz Barroso used to say that the x86 ISA is the most successful
> ISA ever designed, by sheer numbers and longevity. 

By numbers, probably, though it may be ARM at this point.  By longevity, 
certainly not, since the IBM/360 ISA is still around and is almost a decade 
older.

        paul