> I honestly think the very readable specification has been a boon for RISC-V and possibly part of the reason why people continue to find it easy to pick up.
Totally agree
> If you are unsure about something in the spec, there's also a multitude of RISC-V emulators out there, probably several in your favorite language already.
...but this is a problem. This means that it's not the specification saying what the standard is, but an implementation. People copying different implementations get different behaviours.