On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 08:25:13AM -0700, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > It's difficult to say exactly, because of the constraints on the > definition. Or does something have to be RISC only if it came after > the definition? >
I would say that one of the points he was making is that the definition is not very clear. It was enlightning to see that there are properties and traits other than instruction count and addressing mode counts that make a design RISCy or CISCy (I haven't read the whole thing yet, it requires some digestion: ) /P
