Re: Strange use of compare-and-swap

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From: Leonard D Woren
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1992 21:13

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On Tue, 30 Jun 1992 12:13:50 -0400, Dan Hoey <hoey@TEC.ARMY.MIL> said:
> >                                           if the CS instruction fails,
> >it will load R1 with the *new* value of COUNTER, so you are ready to do
> >the CS again).  Presumably, after this loop you will then do something
> >with the "old" value that is now in R1.
>
> Surely you mean to put LABEL on the L instruction, not the CS.  Or is
> my unfamiliarity with this particular assembly language playing me tricks?

The answer to your question is in the text that you quoted!

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