> Array bound checking would be nice x86 has this. > Virtual memory -- useless with 4 GB of RAM at 30$. No. This is wrong, even if you do bizarrely assume ev

> Array bound checking would be nice x86 has this. > Virtual memory -- useless with 4 GB of RAM at 30$. No. This is wrong, even if you do bizarrely assume everyone can afford 4GB of RAM for their systems. There will always be workloads that need it. > RISC being faster to execute than CISC You can only prove this through benchmarks.