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Re:X86 mov is turing complete: mov-only compiler by 0xe2-0x9a-0x9b on Monday June 22, 2015 @03:00AM (#9756635)
"a processor that only executed mov instructions, which would be extremely simple"

I believe such a CPU wouldn't end up simple due to competition for better performance. It would end up being more complex than x86 CPUs.

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