Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!rutgers!apple!farrier
From: farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: JMP/JML revisited...
Message-ID: <30520@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 11 May 89 19:46:21 GMT
References: <1135@orbit.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1135@orbit.UUCP> shawn@pnet51.cts.com (Shawn Stanley) writes:
>Someone mentioned that a good assembler would change JMP to BRL during the
>assembly.  (Actually, he said it would change JMP to JML, but we know what he
>meant.  :-)  Again, I would hope not.  Optimizing assemblers aren't for me; if
>I enter something, I *mean* that something.  And a mod from JMP to BRL,
>although it seems harmless, will actually cause problems if you use
>self-modifying code.

	WRONG! Like you, I *mean* what I say.  I said a good assembler will
	change a JSR to a JSL *if* the destination address requires it!
	Please don't put words into other peoples mouths just to make your
	point.

Cary Farrier