I had a question to propose a design for a potential computer system architecture and I was curious on caveats / potential issues within in, but I'm not quite sure if it fits here. Based on the help center I've seen:
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(Emphasis mine)
Now, to the first two bolded points: the question would involve a slight discussion on a programming language semantics and design, as it's regarding the embedding of a programming language within itself (think assembly but a little more abstract), it would also almost entirely revolve around the architecture design itself (mostly taking a nod at x86 / x64 for a base).
The third: the question would talk about a theoretical piece of hardware.
Next, from another section of the help area:
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The points I'm concerned about I've emboldened once again.
Would a question that meets this criteria be, in fact, on-topic? If you would like me to add portions of what the question itself would be, I will gladly do so for an actual hardened example.
