Weird CPU architectures, the MOV only CPU (2020)

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• gsliepen 1 hour ago
  The Intel architecture is already Turing complete when you just use MOV instructions: https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/movfuscator. Of course, you don't even need instructions at all: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5261598
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  • QuadmasterXLII 4 minutes ago
    While this is true, I suspect a spec compliant implementation of the x86 mov instruction would many use more transistors than OP’s entire CPU.
• psychoslave 25 minutes ago
  Looks like an interesting read, thank you @v9v.

  Just when my night was going through a meditative sleep about basing ontological models using change as fundamental block. Identity is such a brittle choice as foundation, even if it's a great tool in many situations otherwise.