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Article #11600Re: Compilers and efficiency
From: Chip Salzenberg
Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 12:29
Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 12:29
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According to hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin):
>That something is not important to everyone is no reason no to make it
>available to those who can see a use for it.
I agree... unless the inclusion of a feature slows down other, more
widely used features.
The addition of an instruction can make a CPU slower, harder to build
and harder to test. "Neat" instructions are not free.
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