Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!uflorida!screamer!tscs!tct!chip From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Compilers and efficiency Message-ID: <2831299D.53F7@tct.com> Date: 15 May 91 12:29:16 GMT References: <653@ctycal.UUCP> <28297C23.6984@tct.com> <12164@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 13 According to hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin): >That something is not important to everyone is no reason no to make it >available to those who can see a use for it. I agree... unless the inclusion of a feature slows down other, more widely used features. The addition of an instruction can make a CPU slower, harder to build and harder to test. "Neat" instructions are not free. -- Brand X Industries Custodial, Refurbishing and Containment Service: When You Never, Ever Want To See It Again [tm] Chip Salzenberg ,