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From: David Chmelik <dchmelik@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Why I've Dropped In
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 06:51:05 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 21 May 2025 15:07:17 +0000, quadibloc wrote:

> In order to lower the overhead for switching to another block format, I
> need to free up opcode space.
Without increasing opcode space?  Though, RAM blocks are a bit too large 
these days to handle easily as a scientist/engineer.

> To free up opcode space, I need to compromise the instruction set
> unacceptably.
hopefully not

> So, although I won't take this projected iteration of Concertina II any
> further, I've finally learned an important lesson from it - that this
> represents a direction in which I should not go, because I will always
> end up dissatisfied with the results.
What is Concertina 2?