From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] gcc trouble
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 00:28:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <062801c3afbd$f9c7b380$b9844051@insultant.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3521.199.98.17.58.1069369906.squirrel@wish>
> > they may be useful, but they're not general.
> >
> Thats a valid argument for not having the compiler know about them. We're
> discussing the assembler. Or did you mean to argue their existence on the
> chip? I can't see that adding *another* kluge atop IA32 can possibly hurt.
well i can. you can't do it from the compiler, unless it knows a lot. one of
the goals of the plan 9 compilers was to make them general. if you want
to do some specific task then do it, but don't break the compiler.
writing assembler is a waste of time, unless you have a _really good reason_.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-20 23:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-07 16:27 cej
2003-11-07 17:58 ` mirtchov
2003-11-07 16:53 ` Russ Cox
2003-11-07 19:14 ` mirtchov
2003-11-07 19:36 ` Russ Cox
2003-11-07 19:48 ` mirtchov
2003-11-07 19:56 ` Christopher Nielsen
2003-11-07 20:47 ` ron minnich
2003-11-07 21:05 ` Christopher Nielsen
2003-11-07 21:11 ` Charles Forsyth
2003-11-07 22:34 ` mirtchov
2003-11-08 0:08 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2003-11-08 1:35 ` Russ Cox
2003-11-08 1:54 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2003-11-08 2:14 ` Russ Cox
2003-11-08 4:35 ` ron minnich
2003-11-08 4:57 ` Geoff Collyer
2003-11-08 5:05 ` ron minnich
2003-11-08 8:24 ` Charles Forsyth
2003-11-08 17:29 ` ron minnich
2003-11-10 10:01 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2003-11-11 0:16 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2003-11-12 23:46 ` Charles Forsyth
2003-11-20 14:33 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2003-11-20 18:34 ` boyd, rounin
2003-11-20 21:14 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2003-11-20 21:27 ` boyd, rounin
2003-11-20 21:35 ` mirtchov
2003-11-20 22:45 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2003-11-21 10:02 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-11-20 19:27 ` Joel Salomon
2003-11-20 20:03 ` Peter Bosch
2003-11-20 20:49 ` Christopher Nielsen
2003-11-20 21:01 ` boyd, rounin
2003-11-20 23:11 ` Joel Salomon
2003-11-20 23:28 ` boyd, rounin [this message]
2003-11-21 0:19 ` Christopher Nielsen
2003-11-21 0:31 ` boyd, rounin
2003-11-10 15:53 ` Joel Salomon
2003-11-11 7:01 cej
2003-11-11 7:05 cej
2003-11-21 7:08 cej
2003-11-21 8:46 ` Charles Forsyth
2003-11-21 9:53 ` Skip Tavakkolian
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