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From: joeo@masscomp.westford.ccur.com (Joe Orost)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.sys.m68k
Subject: Re: skip instructions (on 68040)
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Date: 2 May 91 11:56:35 GMT
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Reply-To: joeo@tinton.ccur.com (Joe Orost)
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Motorola, in their bulletin to 68040 compiler writers, recommended using the 
TRAP.F with size WORD or LONG as a skip instruction.  They said it has
better performance than the corresponding jump or BRA.  Looks like a
blast-from-the-past is back in fashion!

				regards,
				joe

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