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1. snvzz+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-12-04 02:40:51
>Spoiler, it's not much because most of the actual execution time is spent in a handful of basic OPs.

Yet, on a CISC ISA, you still have to support everything else, which is essentially cruft.

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2. devnul+lK1[view] [source] 2025-12-04 17:04:22
>>snvzz+(OP)
Does that matter? I lean towards the yes-the-ISA-matters camp, but I'm also under the impression that most silicon is dark.
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