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1. define a platform like a fantasy console or vm
2. include execution speed in the definition, such that runtimes can guarantee some minimum spec host can run *all* software for this platform with equal performance- by some definition of “minimum.
3. backward compatible successor vms that differ only by execution speed, denoted 2x, 3x, 4x, etc.
4. software then need not have a performance ceiling, but like golf, you get cred points for having a lower number next to your rom title