>This is bad for RISC since there is literally no advantage gained by losing backwards compatibility. I respectfully disagree. There's a major advantage of los

>This is bad for RISC since there is literally no advantage gained by losing backwards compatibility. I respectfully disagree. There's a major advantage of losing backwards compatibility with established ISAs, and that is freedom from licensing. e.g. The main strength of RISC-V is not even its technical superiority; It is the free license.