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Re: How to clean up i386 machine description?
- To: mrs at wrs dot com (Mike Stump)
- Subject: Re: How to clean up i386 machine description?
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 17:42:11 -0700
- cc: howell at cs dot stanford dot edu, amylaar at cygnus dot co dot uk, egcs at cygnus dot com, hubicka at horac dot ta dot jcu dot cz, pcg at goof dot com, rth at cygnus dot com
- Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com
In message <199811200038.QAA27111@kankakee.wrs.com>you write:
> I seem to recall reading years ago that someone (rms) wanted the
> addressing modes mdized, instead of the #define they are today. This
> is an example of the type of thing that might help make things more
> regular/descriptive and nice looking.
Interestingly enough, we have some work in this area that needs to be
evaluated. Michael Hayes did it about a year or so ago.
jeff