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albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl writes:
> I had a beef with Andrew Tanenbaum, stating that it is hard to write a
> c-compiler for the 6502. In reality the 6502 is a brilliant
> design. You must realize that the 6502 has 128 16 bit registers on the
> zero page.

It's even hard to write compact assembly code, which is why Steve
Wozniak wrote SWEET16.

I briefly used Aztec C on the Apple II, IIRC.  I think it generated
bytecode for an interpreter, but am not sure.