Excellent breakdown of why emulation is such a powerful learning tool. The idea that building an emulator forces yu to model behavior directly rather than work inside abstraction layers is spot on. I tried something similar with a simple 8-bit CPU simulator and the moment instructions started executing in the wrong order really made me understand fetch-decode-execute at a level no textbook could.
Excellent breakdown of why emulation is such a powerful learning tool. The idea that building an emulator forces yu to model behavior directly rather than work inside abstraction layers is spot on. I tried something similar with a simple 8-bit CPU simulator and the moment instructions started executing in the wrong order really made me understand fetch-decode-execute at a level no textbook could.
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Lovely post. Great work Aza!
Love this!
Absolutely love this. As a self taught programmer this was an inspiration on how to go deeper and truly understand what I think I understand.