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Re: generalizing the delay rtx function


Hi -

mrg wrote:
: [...]
: you said the delay rtx would be changed to indicate the number
: of "instruction cycles" before the effect is seen.  my example
: above shows a case where this isn't going to be known.  if you
: didn't mean "instruction cycles" but really "instructions" then
: my point is meaningless.

Ah - a terminology glitch.  "instruction cycle" == time taken for
an instruction; "instruction cycle" != "clock cycle".  You're right;
I should have just used "instruction" though, to avoid the ambiguity.

- FChE

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