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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Find better sollution
- Date: 3 Jan 1996 14:45:19 +0100
- Organization: dis-
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- tbk@sn.no (Thore Bjerklund Karlsen) writes:
-
- >What if one of your precious compilers used this instruction?â•—Would it
- >still be OK to remove an instruction? Would it be OK to remove SWAP
- >because no compiler uses it?
-
- Well. I don't have to argue for Motorola. They obviously thought that
- MOVEP isn't necessary to implement while SWAP is.
-
- >>movep was intended for 6800 style I/O chips that can't be used
- >>easily with the 68040 and 68060 anyway.
-
- >Not an excuse.
-
- Excuse ? Not to satisfy the needs of c00l c0d3rz ? Or what ?
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