Thread: What is the absolute smallest instruction set do you need to make aworking computer?
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Default What is the absolute smallest instruction set do you need to make a working computer?
On Sun, 22 Sep 2019 00:49:48 -0000 (UTC), Roger Blake wrote:

Interesting. In terms of commercially-successful CPUs the most minimal
I've worked with was the DEC PDP-8, which had 8 instructions (3-bit opcode).

A nand gate can implement all Boolean operations, can't it?