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Article #21491Re: 80486 vs. 68040 code size [really: how many regs]
From: Wendy Thrash
Date: Tue, 30 May 1989 20:15
Date: Tue, 30 May 1989 20:15
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In article <3252@epimass.EPI.COM> jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck) writes: >With the 16-bit-int choice, >32-bit integers can be obtained where required by declaring variables >"long". There isn't any way to get the more compact, efficient 16-bit >int operations if your compiler makes the (IMnotsoHO) wrong choice. Uh, Joe, can't you turn that argument around to say that 16-bit integers can be obtained where required by declaring variables "short" (or am I being C-chauvinistic)?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!voder!pyramid!wendyt From: wendyt@pyrps5 (Wendy Thrash) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: 80486 vs. 68040 code size [really: how many regs] Message-ID: <72136@pyramid.pyramid.com> Date: 30 May 89 20:15:39 GMT Sender: daemon@pyramid.pyramid.com Reply-To: wendyt@pyrps5.pyramid.com (Wendy Thrash) Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA Lines: 9