Spotted on Hacker News: 6502 Language Implementation Approaches by David A. Wheeler. The HN discussion of the article is here.

[Edit: David Wheeler has been mentioned in the past on this forum, as this search reveals. ]
[Edit: I've altered the title of this thread, as the "secondary" subject of Hacker News now seems to be primary. ]

For those not familiar with Hacker News, I heartily recommend you check it out. [ In the following post Ed remarks, "I find HN notable for the quality of discussion and behaviour" ]

Hacker News is a continuously updating web site that displays a collection of items (mostly tech-related) contributed by members. That in itself is interesting, but often the most remarkable insights are found in the discussions that accompany each item. HN has a diverse membership, including "just folks" but also some amazing expertise!

You'll find the front page at https://news.ycombinator.com. The list of items scrolls down as new items are posted, and items deemed to be valuable / interesting scroll comparatively slowly, tending to remain near the top. Notice that every items has two associated links (because of the discussion). "6502 Language Implementation Approaches" was posted only 6 hours ago, and is presently still on page one.

-- Jeff

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See also a previous HN discussion about this page. And this other nearby page which is linked:

A-LANG: WAYS TO IMPLEMENT COMPUTER LANGUAGES ON 6502s

The search on HN comments and posts often turns up very good stuff too.

(It's quite amusing (to me) that this is a post by 'ingve' who quite often reposts links brought to light on the mos6502 G+ page. This Wheeler link is an indirection on that: it got a mention in this discussion on the link mentioned in this mos6502 post.)

(I find HN notable for the quality of discussion and behaviour: quite often someone will correct themselves or apologise for a misunderstanding, or thank someone for an enlightening comment. It's not nearly as combative as some other online discussions. Commenters there seem interested in learning, not winning.)

(Agreed though, there's a lot of interesting discussion on HN, and some interesting links. But it's something of a firehose - I tend to read the daily digest as found here. In fact, I tend to read a few days behind the present - that rules out any possibility of joining in the ongoing discussion, but it means I get to see more or less the whole discussion. There's always a difficulty of being too early.)

To try to get back on track though, David Wheeler's page (and site) is well worth an explore.

Here are the sections of the 6502 language implementations page:

I can always tell when some news site links to David Wheeler's page as I get a sudden spike in stars on PLASMA's GitHub site(https://github.com/dschmenk/PLASMA). Not that I'm complaining

More about Hacker News. First of all, HN mustn't be confused with Hackaday -- they are worlds apart.

I'm always finding interesting stuff on HN, although it *is* kind of a firehose, as Ed said. You need to get accustomed to scrolling past lots of stuff before you hit paydirt.

Here's a tidbit with some 6502 relevance. As usual, the HN item includes both an offsite link and a local discussion. The item in this case is How People Used to Download Games from the Radio (2014), and the associated discussion is here. The 6502 gem turned up in the discussion:


-- Jeff

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In 1988 my 65C02 got six new registers and 44 new full-speed instructions!
https://laughtonelectronics.com/Arcana/ ... mmary.html