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Subject: Re: timing study of uVAX II instructions
Message-ID: <1730@mit-eddie>
Date: Sat, 26-Apr-86 00:35:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Apr 26 00:35:00 1986
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IN ARTICLE <90@WHEATON> STUART@WHEATON.UUCP (STUART CEILOUS WILLIAMS) WRITES:
>[...]
>brb   :     1.278
>[...]
>jmp   :     1.972
>[...]
>bsbb  :     3.277
>[...]
>jsb   :     3.857
>[...]
>callg :    12.676
>calls :    13.318
>[...]
>	Also, the time for the calls instruction should give some idea of when
>it is better to use a macro than a function call.
>[...]

Of course, this has been said before, but the time for the call
instructions also gives some idea of how useful it is to have a
compiler which:

1) Expands function calls inline when appropriate.

2) Uses a faster, but less general, way to get to a function when
possible (usually only for "static" functions).

Jeff Siegal - MIT EECS