Re: An idea I'm kicking around

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1987 16:02

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> What if JSR moved the return address into another register? ...

As I recall, this is exactly what the call instruction on the original
Berkeley RISC designs does.

> ... Are there any really serious bugs in it?

None that are obvious.

> Would it be really wonderful? ...

I don't know about "really wonderful", but it seems a sensible thing to do.
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