Pros and cons of MIPS relative to instruction set choices

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MIPS architecture has specific advantages and disadvantages regarding instruction set choices, particularly in indexed addressing mode and memory access. Supporting indexed addressing can enhance flexibility in data manipulation but may complicate instruction decoding and execution. Limiting memory access to word-sized operations simplifies the design and improves performance, yet it restricts data handling efficiency. The discussion emphasizes that MIPS cannot be directly compared to other architectures due to its unique characteristics. Overall, the choice of instruction sets in MIPS significantly impacts performance and complexity.
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could someone help me with this, my ideas are sort of not precise

give pros and cons of MIPS relative to these instruction set choices:
1. supporting indexed addressing mode
2. supporting only word-sized access to memory

1. --- dunno, sure if it all were immediate, it would be a mess but other than that, not sure
2. well, all instructions and registers are 32-bits but i think it's all interconnected... i.e. the adressibility and register/instruction size...
anyway... neeeeed some insight
 
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