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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Instruction counts (was: Decrement And Branch)
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On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 05:23:30 GMT, Anton Ertl wrote:

> ... instruction count was not
> among the criteria that John Mashey identified as discerning between
> RISC and non-RISC (not surprising given non-RISCs like PDP-11).

Why is that particular criterion, of all of them, in the name, then?

At one point I thought it should be “IRSC”, for “Increased Register Set 
Computer” ...