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From: ka@hou3c.UUCP (Kenneth Almquist)
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Re: (Re: x 3) risc registers and cache
Message-ID: <152@hou3c.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 22-Dec-83 16:45:31 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 22 16:45:31 1983
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On the VAX (probably in Johnson's design too), the number of bits required
to reference a variable on the stack depends on how large the offset is.
With a scheme like this, most stack references require only a few bits.
					Kenneth Almquist