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From: arnold@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Ken Arnold%CGL)
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Subject: Re: Re: Registers on the VAX 11/780?
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Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 21:27:03 EDT
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In article <704@lll-crg.ARPA> brooks@lll-crg.ARPA (Eugene D. Brooks III) writes:
>>>into registers, but how many register variables can I declare in a function
>>>on the VAX 11/780?  Usefully, that is.
>> 
>> However, to answer the question -- 5.  The rest of the registers are
>
>Strange answer!  My version of Vax pcc allows 6, with each double precision
>value taking up 2.

Okay, already!  I made a typo!  I was concentrating on the first part of
the message, about how this is an irrelevant piece of information.  I just
didn't proof this part, obviously.  Mea culpa!  (How many times can I write
on the bullitin board "6, not 5"?)

		Ken Arnold