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SPARC + MIPS are both 30+ years old. The 68000 is 41 years old and x86 is 42 years old.


68000 is more like 80286 or even 386 though. So you should probably mention i386, not x86.


68k is an architecture series and this compiler will target the whole series including the later models which are equivalent to Pentium, and the Coldfire processors which are still in production.

So 68k really is comparable to (32-bit) x86.


It is a full 32 bit ISA though, even if the 68000 and 68010 cores had 16 bit buses. They're about twice as fast as a 286 at the same frequency.




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