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tempodox
on July 7, 2015
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Sophie Wilson, Acorn and the development of ARM
...designed and implemented the whole ARM instruction set in her head...
Wow!
With today's CPUs you probably wouldn't stand a chance, no matter how good you are.
kjs3
on July 7, 2015
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On the contrary. Just because x86 is a baroque monstrosity doesn't mean simple, powerful ISAs are unpossible.
tempodox
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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
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Since it's the same ISA, one would assume so.
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Wow!
With today's CPUs you probably wouldn't stand a chance, no matter how good you are.