> There aren't many "pure" RISC designs left True, from the point of view of the "user" (i.e., the compilers). Internally, most CISC machines nowadays are esse

> There aren't many "pure" RISC designs left True, from the point of view of the "user" (i.e., the compilers). Internally, most CISC machines nowadays are essentially RISC machines with a CISC-to-microcode translator, so you could also say that there aren't many "pure" CISCs left either :)