Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site talcott.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!gjk From: gjk@talcott.UUCP (Greg Kuperberg) Newsgroups: net.micro.68k Subject: Why no INC or DEC Message-ID: <242@talcott.UUCP> Date: Sat, 19-Jan-85 17:48:32 EST Article-I.D.: talcott.242 Posted: Sat Jan 19 17:48:32 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 21-Jan-85 01:20:09 EST Distribution: net Organization: Harvard Lines: 8 Why doesn't the 68000 have increment or decrement instructions? I know that the 68000 was designed (at least to some degree) with the spirit of RISC, but INC and DEC are actually quite simple, and useful, instructions. --- Greg Kuperberg harvard!talcott!gjk "Nice boy, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice." - Foghorn Leghorn