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   mutazilah@gmail.com to anti...@math.uni.wroc.pl   
   Re: 6502   
   28 Nov 22 07:27:03   
   
   From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, November 28, 2022 at 9:18:18 PM UTC+8, anti...@math.uni.wroc.pl   
   wrote:   
      
   > Concerning segmentation: there is important difference,   
   > in 6502 nas STM8 when you want you can use long addresses   
   > giving you flat address space (without need for extra   
   > code to nomalize pointers in huge model). And when it   
   > is enough you use shorter addresses. Much easier for   
   > programmer or compiler than 8086 segmentation.   
      
   If the 8086+ had 16-bit segment shifts instead of 4,   
   would that still be considered segmentation, or   
   would it be considered flat like the 6502?   
      
   Thanks. Paul.   
      
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