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The number of computers that were launched and number of people who learned to program on his chips was amazing. Hitting the market with a low cost chip allowed a whole generation to be able to afford to program.

Rest in Peace and thanks for building the road that allowed me to get on the programming highway.

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Indeed - from the earlier, pioneering home computers like the PET and Apple II, through to the generation that followed, with the likes of the Commodore 64, VIC-20, and BBC Micro, the 6502 influenced a boggling number of programmers, myself included.

(And without the BBC Micro, would Acorn have eventually designed the Acorn RISC Machine, itself having since proven quite influential?)

Yes, this. From this small seed grew a huge industry, the careers of millions of people, and products that literally changed the world. RIP.

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