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From: stubbs@ncr-sd.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: String Processing Instruction
Message-ID: <1484@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM>
Date: Fri, 3-Apr-87 16:46:39 EST
Article-I.D.: ncr-sd.1484
Posted: Fri Apr  3 16:46:39 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 5-Apr-87 03:09:35 EST
Reply-To: stubbs@ncr-sd.UUCP (0000-Jan Stubbs)
Organization: NCR Corporation, Rancho Bernardo
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Keywords: instruction set architectures, Am29000
Xref: utgpu comp.arch:768 comp.lang.c:1452

In article <978@ames.UUCP> lamaster@pioneer.UUCP (Hugh LaMaster) writes:
>
>My question is this:  How likely is it that a compiler itself will be able to
>detect the case when it can use an instruction like this and generate code
>automatically to use it.  

In this case, these instructions would be used in the hand coded
strcopy and strcmp C library routines, so compilers need not be concerned.
My guess is they are still a win, because these libraries are used a bunch.


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