On: Yasp – Web-based emulator, assembler for students ...

[pjmlp]

Sure the Z80 was simple, then the 68000 on the Amiga was nicer, but at home I only had x86 as 16/32 bit processors.

Eventually one learned to live with those quirks, the same way young developers nowadays learn the C quirks, JavaScript/PHP WTF and so on.

Sadly the best technology is not the one that usually wins mass adoption.