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Re:RISC-V isn’t as interesting as you think by mperham on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @12:01PM (#26003461)
> I can't imagine RISC-V beyond niche applications unless someone publishes a more strictly specified version of it that provides a unified platform.

What do you think `RV64GC` is?

RV64GCV, RV32IMAC, etc are all short-hand describing the supported capabilities of a given RISC-V CPU.

ARM has different specs for each type of core. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_Cortex-M

Compilers have handled this for years.

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