On 2021-Feb-03 17:33:56 -0800, Larry McVoy <lm(a)mcvoy.com> wrote: Warts upon warts upon warts. The complete opposite of orthogonal. I haven't spent enough time with ARM assembler to form an opinion but there are a number of interesting interviews with the designers on YT: * A set of videos by Sophie Wilson (original designer) starting at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhwwrSaHdh8 * A history of ARM by Dave Jaggar (redesigner) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6sh097Dk5k If you don't want to pony up for a M1, there are a wide range of ARM SBCs that you could experiment with. -- Peter Jeremy