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Re: if/then/else hint ?
- From: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha at arm dot com>
- To: Paul Koning <pkoning at equallogic dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com
- Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 18:27:36 +0000
- Subject: Re: if/then/else hint ?
- Organization: ARM Ltd.
- Reply-to: Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com
> The Moto 68040 always predicts branches to be taken no
> matter whether they are forward or backward branches.
>
Then it's not really branch prediction, it's just the opposite of normal
non-predicted systems where the assumption is 'never taken'.
R.