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by userbinator 1103 days ago
Compiler output is not a good way to show off the best of an ISA (which is more an indictment of how bad compilers actually are at optimising for code density). Look at the demoscene. x86 can be an order of magnitude denser than lame compiler output.

RISC-V wasn't around when this paper was written, but it's close enough to MIPS to disprove the claim that "RISC-V code is significantly smaller": https://web.eece.maine.edu/~vweaver/papers/iccd09/iccd09_den...
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snvzz 1103 days ago
>Averages over large bodies of code do not matter

>Compiler output does not matter

>1987 paper

>RISC-V encoding "close enough to MIPS"

>disprove the claim that "RISC-V code is significantly smaller"

F for effort.

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userbinator 1103 days ago
1987 paper

Did you even look at the link?

Neither shilling nor trolling is welcome here. Is there a relationship you haven't disclosed with RISC-V?

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snvzz 1102 days ago
>Did you even look at the link?

Yes, I did.

>RISC-V encoding "close enough to MIPS"

... while pointing at MIPS-X, 1987. Deranged.

>Is there a relationship you haven't disclosed with RISC-V?

Are you projecting? I have noticed a pattern in your appearances whenever a discussion about RISC-V pops up.

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