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Re: Register usage [was Re: 80486 vs. 68040 code size]

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From: John Mashey
Date: Thu, 11 May 1989 03:58
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In article <25254@ames.arc.nasa.gov> lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Hugh LaMaster) writes:

>still apply.  It might be the case that 64 32-bit registers are a better fit
>for the suggested Fortran examples.

I don't have it handy, but a good example looking at the use of 64 regs
is:
	David W. Wall, Global register Allocation at Link Time,
SIGPLAN NOTICES 21(7)264-275, July 1986.
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From: mash@mips.COM (John Mashey)
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Subject: Re: Register usage [was Re: 80486 vs. 68040 code size]
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Date: 11 May 89 03:58:05 GMT
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