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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Richard Kettlewell   
   Re: Fallacies Advocating Software Bloat   
   27 Dec 25 21:29:35   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 15:44:19 +0000, Richard Kettlewell wrote:   
      
   > Ivan Shmakov  writes:   
   >>   
   >> There /might/ be ISAs that are both still relevant and no longer   
   >> patented, but I'm not aware of any.   
   >   
   > MIPS held that role for a while, AFAIK primarily as an educational   
   > choice.   
      
   No reason why you can’t still use it for that.   
      
   I believe they got rid of delayed branches a while back.   
      
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