> The truth is that CISC was never a meaningful category in the first place (it was only ever "not-RISC"), and RISC itself ceased to be a meaningful category ar

> The truth is that CISC was never a meaningful category in the first place (it was only ever "not-RISC"), and RISC itself ceased to be a meaningful category around 30 years ago. Yeah, I think we're saying the same things. Thus the "(as if there were ever a real delineation between RISC/CISC)". It's an arbitrary delineation that means nothing today. But that's moot to OP's claim.