How many people who claim decoding ARM instructions is simpler than x86 have actually tried doing it?
What a fucking mess. Variable-length bitfields, tons of wasted unallocated opcode space that isn't even contiguous much of the time, UNDEFINED UNKNOWN UNPREDICTABLE everywhere, 11 different operating modes, etc. And they call this thing a RISC? Perhaps the R stands for Retarded, and the C in CISC actually stands for Consistent...
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Anonymous2023-04-02 5:43
I've never heard anyone claim that.
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Mansplainer2023-04-02 15:39
CISC is short for complex instruction set computer (not consistent instruction set computer). RISC, on the other hand, means reduced instruction set computer, so R is for Reduced and not Retarded. ARM refers to the upper limb in common usage, although academically the term specifically means the upper arm between the glenohumeral joint (shoulder joint) and the elbow joint. The German word "arm" translates to "poor" in English. Saying that having an arm is easier than multiplying by 86 is quite an obvious fact, since the former doesn't require any conscious effort in most cases.
>>4 Everyone talks about ChatGPT being good at imitating humans, do you think news outlets would care as much about me (a human) being good at imitating ChatGPT? I would probably pass the inverse turing test with excellent grades.
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Anonymous2023-04-04 10:22
R is reduced and they reduce the number of instructions by making them more general for example by dealing with different kinds of data (different lengths).