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Re: ill effect of <register>+<constant>


>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> writes:

 Andreas> "Dave Korn" <dave.korn@artimi.com> writes:
 >> I don't see how removing an unused and non-useful feature would
 >> really count as "crippling".  I'm not suggesting it should be
 >> disabled for ppc, but for x86, really .... what could conceivably
 >> be the use?

 Andreas> There are many more architectures besides ppc and x86.
 Andreas> Almost all of them have numbered registers.

Sure.  The question is: on how many of those do good programmers ever
do register number arithmetic?

I know of none.  I would not want to work with a programmer who did
such a thing.

     paul


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