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kjs3 on July 7, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sophie Wilson, Acorn and the development of ARM

On the contrary. Just because x86 is a baroque monstrosity doesn't mean simple, powerful ISAs are unpossible.

tempodox on July 8, 2015 [–]

I can only agree as to the baroque monstrosity. Let me put it another way: Could she do it with comparable ease on today's ARM CPUs?

kjs3 on July 8, 2015 | [–]

Since it's the same ISA, one would assume so.

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