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Subject: Re: assembly--not really that fast

Author: Severi Salminen

Date: 07:49:42 01/14/02

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>>>3.  you know whether a value can exceed (say) 127 or not.  The compiler can't.
>>
>>Again, why does this matter?
>
>You can keep it in e.g. al if you want to.  I think this is a minor issue
>though.

Using 8-bit registers is sometimes even slower than using 16 or 32 bit
registers. So it's not an issue nowadays. But of course you have _more_ 8-bit
regs as 16 or 32 bit registers.

Severi




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