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by tempodox 3995 days ago
...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.
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kjs3 3995 days ago
On the contrary. Just because x86 is a baroque monstrosity doesn't mean simple, powerful ISAs are unpossible.
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tempodox 3994 days ago
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?
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kjs3 3994 days ago
Since it's the same ISA, one would assume so.
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