Re: skip instructions

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From: Jeff Kenton OSG/UEG
Date: Fri, 10 May 1991 12:31

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In article <1991May10.004650.7258@sbcs.sunysb.edu>,
jallen@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Joseph Allen) writes:
|> 
|> Also, when are we going to see multiple error return points from OS calls? 
|> I.E., if no error goto return point+1, if error goto return point+0 which
|> contains a jump to the error handler.  DEC20 people know what I'm talking
|> about.
|> 

Unix system calls on the Motorola 88000 do exactly that.

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