Answer from cs61c-el (David Tung 16479725) for Question 4
The strongest argument for conforming to the standard is that it allows backwards compatability.  That way, your program would still produce the desired results when using old architecture.  However, the strongest argument against conforming to the standard is that with new technology, new and better ways of computing can be devised, but there is less freedom to develop new methods  if you need to conform to the regular standards.