Re: A patch for linux 2.1.127

["Richard B. Johnson" <root at chaos dot analogic dot com>]

On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Alex Buell wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> 
> > It is thoretically possible to convert correct code to GNU `as` junk,
> > however, the damn thing doesn't even do MACROs so if I am going to
> > make:
> > 		adc eax, [ebx+1000]
> >                 adc eax, [ebx+996]
> > 		adc eax, [ebx+992]
> 
> How about:
> 
[SNIPPED {wish it were true} code]
It would be nice if a compiler would unroll a "phony" loop as you
showed into a nice instruction stream that sat, unconnected in
the current code segment and you could index into that instruction
sequence. But that's not 'C' . A MACRO assembler would do just that
(and more).

> 
> That's why they have movb, movw, and movl et. al. 

But that's not Intel code! A lot of persons don't understand this.
Maybe I could explain. Lets say you were a master at the English
Language. You had a great vocabulary and could write excellent
prose. You were published in English Literature world-wide.

You set out to write a short story. Unfortunately, it was for
a French magazine. Although you knew something about French,
all that you had learned about English and how to communicate
with its many variations could not be used.

You would have to become a French Scholar first. You do not
have the time.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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