>Quick, without doing any research: What early 1980s computer was faster, the IBM PC or the Commodore 64?
ok, now slowly, do the calculation again... the IBM PC and 8088 was the beginning of the future. the Commodore 64 and 6502 was the tail end of the past. The 6502 caught on because it was a bargain price, but at that price it was severely hobbled in what it could do, space- and time-wise
could you write a small program for the commodore 64 that was faster? who cares, because you couldn't write a large program that was faster.
ok, now slowly, do the calculation again... the IBM PC and 8088 was the beginning of the future. the Commodore 64 and 6502 was the tail end of the past. The 6502 caught on because it was a bargain price, but at that price it was severely hobbled in what it could do, space- and time-wise
could you write a small program for the commodore 64 that was faster? who cares, because you couldn't write a large program that was faster.