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From: rob@prism.TMC.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 386 instructions
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Date: 12 Jan 90 19:48:00 GMT
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Nf-From: prism.TMC.COM!rob    Jan 12 14:48:00 1990


>Does anyone know if there are any compiler options with MSC5.1 which
>let the compiler generate 386 specific instructions where appropriate.
>The documentation I have only shows the /G2 option for generating
>286 code.  Specifically, it would be nice to take advantage of
>32 integer multiplies and shifts, or is this something the compiler
>does automatically?

   To my knowledge, MSC 5.1 has no support for the 386, though a 386-version 
of it is included with the OS/2 2.0 SDK kit (yours for only $2600).

   Several other companies (Watcom, Metaware, etc.) sell C compilers that 
take advantage of the 386.