B would indeed shorten the code, and possibly the measured paths. Since only the baseline rva20 (rv64gc) was considered and RISC-V did well (i.e. no worse than

B would indeed shorten the code, and possibly the measured paths. Since only the baseline rva20 (rv64gc) was considered and RISC-V did well (i.e. no worse than ARM) regardless, this is a very positive result.