lateinteraction: nobody writes RISC by hand — compilers abstract away chip bifurcation
lateinteraction · x · 2026-09-19
lateinteraction argues people miss the key idea that nobody writes RISC (or CISC) instructions by hand: a compiler maps a higher-level language matching your simple abstract machine down into the optimized instruction soup. He adds that chip ecosystems are indeed bifurcating, but the compiler layer is what shields developers from that fragmentation.
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