1. A method comprising: (a) receiving initial fetch information onto a processor via an initial fetch information port; (b) in response to the receiving of the initial fetch information of (a) fetching a first block of information from an external memory system without use by the processor of any instruction counter, wherein the first block of information includes a plurality of instructions, and wherein at least one of the instructions of the first block is a fetch instruction; and (c) executing the fetch instruction of the first block of instructions fetched in (b) and as a result fetching a second block of information from the external memory system, wherein the second block of information includes a plurality of instructions, wherein (a) through (c) are performed by the processor, and wherein the processor only fetches instructions in response to receiving initial fetch information on the initial fetch information port or as a result of executing a fetch instruction.