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Subject: Re: Register pairing (Was: Compiling - RISC vs. CISC)
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Date: 18 Jul 89 20:50:51 GMT
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In article <305@lpi.UUCP> burn@lpi.UUCP (Don Burn) writes:
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>I loaned out my SPARC manual but the compilers we implemented use register
>pairs,  I don't know about MIPS but since it like SPARC used the Weitek chip

????? !!! All of the MIPSco machines I have seen used the R2010 or the
R3010 which are certainly not like the Weitek chips. The MIPS chips
are closely matched to the R2/3000 and have more clever algorithms
than the Weitek chips.
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