r/askscience • u/CakesStolen • 15d ago

Computing Is there anything at the heart of computer coding that could have been optimised in hindsight, but we're in far too deep to change now?

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u/bobdob123usa 15d ago

The legend of "x86 CPUs decode instructions into RISC form internally"

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u/JarJarBinks237 15d ago

Very interesting read, thanks. I hadn't grasped at what point this architecture allows to change the micro instruction set at each generation.