diff --git a/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/assignment/AssignmentAsmGen.kt b/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/assignment/AssignmentAsmGen.kt
index 281f3200d..a97de72e4 100644
--- a/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/assignment/AssignmentAsmGen.kt
+++ b/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/assignment/AssignmentAsmGen.kt
@@ -446,8 +446,19 @@ internal class AssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
             ifPart.add(assignTrue)
             elsePart.add(assignFalse)
             val ifelse = PtIfElse(assign.position)
-            val exprClone = PtBinaryExpression(expr.operator, expr.type, expr.position)
-            expr.children.forEach { exprClone.children.add(it) }        // doesn't seem to need a deep clone
+            val exprClone: PtBinaryExpression
+            if(!asmgen.isTargetCpu(CpuType.VIRTUAL)
+                && (expr.operator==">" || expr.operator=="<=")
+                && expr.right.type in WordDatatypes) {
+                // word X>Y -> X<Y, X<=Y -> Y>=X  , easier to do in 6502  (codegen also expects these to no longe exist!)
+                exprClone = PtBinaryExpression(if(expr.operator==">") "<" else ">=", expr.type, expr.position)
+                exprClone.children.add(expr.children[1]) // doesn't seem to need a deep clone
+                exprClone.children.add(expr.children[0]) // doesn't seem to need a deep clone
+            } else {
+                exprClone = PtBinaryExpression(expr.operator, expr.type, expr.position)
+                exprClone.children.add(expr.children[0]) // doesn't seem to need a deep clone
+                exprClone.children.add(expr.children[1]) // doesn't seem to need a deep clone
+            }
             ifelse.add(exprClone)
             ifelse.add(ifPart)
             ifelse.add(elsePart)
@@ -511,8 +522,19 @@ internal class AssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
         }
         ifPart.add(assignTrue)
         val ifelse = PtIfElse(assign.position)
-        val exprClone = PtBinaryExpression(expr.operator, expr.type, expr.position)
-        expr.children.forEach { exprClone.children.add(it) }        // doesn't seem to need a deep clone
+        val exprClone: PtBinaryExpression
+        if(!asmgen.isTargetCpu(CpuType.VIRTUAL)
+            && (expr.operator==">" || expr.operator=="<=")
+            && expr.right.type in WordDatatypes) {
+            // word X>Y -> X<Y, X<=Y -> Y>=X  , easier to do in 6502  (codegen also expects these to no longe exist!)
+            exprClone = PtBinaryExpression(if(expr.operator==">") "<" else ">=", expr.type, expr.position)
+            exprClone.children.add(expr.children[1]) // doesn't seem to need a deep clone
+            exprClone.children.add(expr.children[0]) // doesn't seem to need a deep clone
+        } else {
+            exprClone = PtBinaryExpression(expr.operator, expr.type, expr.position)
+            exprClone.children.add(expr.children[0]) // doesn't seem to need a deep clone
+            exprClone.children.add(expr.children[1]) // doesn't seem to need a deep clone
+        }
         ifelse.add(exprClone)
         ifelse.add(ifPart)
         ifelse.add(PtNodeGroup())
diff --git a/docs/source/todo.rst b/docs/source/todo.rst
index f4b9c0f70..6aecd3ca2 100644
--- a/docs/source/todo.rst
+++ b/docs/source/todo.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ TODO
 ====
 
 larger programs:
+dirlist
+bobs
+cobramk3-gfx
 automatons
 mandelbrot (quite a bit larger)
 mandelbrot-gfx