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Re: insn
- From: "Bill McEnaney" <bill at rkirkpat dot net>
- To: Segher Boessenkool <segher at kernel dot crashing dot org>, aparna at cse dot iitb dot ac dot in, gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:50:01 -0700 (MST)
- Subject: Re: insn
Why not write "inst" instead "insn?"
> > pls tell what exactly insn means.
>
> "insn" means "instruction". Inside of GCC, we talk so much about
> instructions that it is a lot easier to say "insns", just like you
> say "pls" instead of "please".
>
>
> Segher
>
>
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