OpenPOWER?

[biggun]

Open Power as it - is a good idea.
Maybe they should have done this opening 15 years  - I assume then this could have made a big difference.
Whether it can change anything today?
I dont't know we will see.

its absolutely retarded addressing modes.

This is bollocks.

x86 Address modes are great.
Very similar to 68k Address modes.

No RISC chip can compare to them of course.
And all the RISC chips have a serious drawback compared to 68K and 86x EA modes.
I know many POWER developers which  would kill for having the good x86 address modes. ;-)

[biggun]

I'm a little bit confused as to why even bring 68k up on an article about POWER.

Both x86 and 68K share some address modes.
Both x86 and 68k were inspired in their design by the PDP.

x86 has these address modes:

($addr)
(reg)
(offset, reg)
(reg, index*scale)

These address modes are not silly or bad.
These address modes are very good and very usefull.

The 68K supports the same address modes.
The 68k supports some more modes too.