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Re: 80x86 vs. 680x0 (was Re: National's 32332)

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From: freed
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1986 19:36
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> We went one step further - John Reiser at Valid took SVS 68010 pascal
> object code and munged the bits into 80286 code. Guess what? The 286
> code was 15%-20% smaller. You can't complain about diferent compilers,

I feel that this method while interesting, is not significant. That is
about the improvement that could be expected when compiler generated code
is massaged by a competent assembly programmer...
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Subject: Re: 80x86 vs. 680x0 (was Re: National's 32332)
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