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From: yuval@taux02.UUCP (Gideon Yuval)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Common Compilers for benchmarks (was: Re: benchmarking)
Keywords: gcc silicon compilers RTL MIPS
Message-ID: <238@taux02.UUCP>
Date: 5 Nov 88 07:14:59 GMT
References: <7352@wright.mips.COM> <26627@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <609@quintus.UUCP> <1791@pembina.UUCP> <626@quintus.UUCP>
Reply-To: yuval@taux02.UUCP (Gideon Yuval)
Organization: National Semiconductor (IC) Ltd, Israel
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In article <626@quintus.UUCP> ok@quintus.UUCP (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes:
>with no multiplies at all, so a COBOL compiler should be able to hack
>text->binary by generating a little special-purpose subroutine for
>each different PICTURE.  (Though I have yet to see a RISC manual which
>bothers to explain how.)  

I never saw such a manual either. Could the relevant juju be posted on netnews?

Thanks



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