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Why don't CPUs implement a higher level language instead of an instruction set?
Hey there, noob question here.
So, if instruction sets like x86 already include some instructions which are abstractions over simpler instructions (like loopq), and considering that,in a sense, CPUs are already more complex that the instructions might suggest (in other words, the instructions are just an interface and not a perfect representation of how the CPU works), what is preventing CPUs from going all in an implementing an interface closer to something like C to interact with it?
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Hey there, noob question here.
So, if instruction sets like x86 already include some instructions which are abstractions over simpler instructions (like loopq), and considering that,in a sense, CPUs are already more complex that the instructions might suggest (in other words, the instructions are just an interface and not a perfect representation of how the CPU works), what is preventing CPUs from going all in an implementing an interface closer to something like C to interact with it?
#technology
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