] >Mnemonics do not say anything about the processor type. The processor type
] is
] >only determined by the opcodes the processor can handle. The mnemonics are
] >there only for the human programmer. I think that by the time the gameboy
] was
] >designed, every programmer had gotten use to Z80 style mnemonics. So why
] >botter with intel style mnemonics...
]
] Sorry, then why did they change the mnemonics in the R800?!
Because they wanted to use 68000 style mnemonics. Don't ask me why they did
that. Maybe panasonic wanted to take over the pc68000 (or whatever that
machine was called) market?
] And I think there's enough intel programmers (maybe even more than z80
] ones) to justify intel style mnemonics if what you said would be true.
What intel style are you talking about? The 80x86 style designed for the
16-bit processor line or the 8080 style used for the 8-bit processor line?
These two styles are really different. The old 8080 style is really awkward
to work with. The 'new' 80x86 style is more like the Z80 style and the 68000
style.
]
] No, there must be some deeper meaning to the mnemonics-style. Otherwise all
] processors would use the same style mnemonics, wouldn't they?!
Processor designers are even more stubborn then programmers. If they want to
redesign the mnemonics style they do that. Just for the fun of it. And
because they think that their own new style is more easy to work with then
the old style from somebody else...
Kind regards,
Alex Wulms
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