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		AdamN on Feb 11, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Work at the Mill: The story of Digital Equipment C... It's also why thinking critically about the initial 'mode' is important. The fewer mistakes that have to be embedded into the distant future, the better.

rbanffy on Feb 11, 2025 [–]

As the x86 ISA teaches us, mistakes are forever.

astrange on Feb 11, 2025 | [–]

x86 has quite a few features disabled. I'm pretty sure there are CPUs that don't implement BOUND and several that turned off SGX after shipping with it.

kjs3 on Feb 12, 2025 | | [–]

BCD instructions disappeared along the way.

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