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Re: VAX backend status

From: Toon Moene <toon at moene dot indiv dot nluug dot nl>
To: Matt Thomas <matt at 3am-software dot com>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:34:58 +0200
Subject: Re: VAX backend status
References: <F20AA8D7-1677-4E80-8A60-4504E03800FA@3am-software.com>

Matt Thomas wrote:

For instance, gcc emits:

        movab rpb,%r0
        movab 100(%r0),%r1
        cvtwl (%r1),%r0

but the movab 100(%r0),%r1 is completely unneeded, this should have
been emitted as:

        movab rpb,%r0
        cvtwl 100(%r0),%r0

Ah ! A clear case of "all the world's a RISC" syndrome.

-- Toon Moene - e-mail: toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl - phone: +31 346 214290 Saturnushof 14, 3738 XG Maartensdijk, The Netherlands At home: http://moene.indiv.nluug.nl/~toon/ Who's working on GNU Fortran: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2007-01/msg00059.html

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