Re: The integral type 'byte' (was Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?)

On 28.03.2025 10:13, David Brown wrote:

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David, you are not writing anything here that wasn't already addressed
by me or others before, so we can skip that. (And possibly agree to
disagree.)

[ NS32032 ]

 
Indeed.  After all, the 68k was one of the most successful ISAs ever,
and the x86 "won" for economic reasons, not technical reasons.  The
NS32000, on the other hand, is known only to a few nerds. [...]

Given that it did not "survive" in the first place I was astonished
that when I spoke with IT professionals in the past it was mentioned
as outstanding (compared to a lot of other alternatives these days).
I was also astonished that bart had it in his short-list. So I'm not
inclined to accept your words that it's "known only to a few nerds".
(It's not necessarily the best technologies that "survive".) YMMV.

Janis