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- From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
- Subject: Re: Any use for Branch if Even/Odd ?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.143116.17635@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
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- References: <endecotp.723992157@cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 14:31:16 GMT
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- In article <endecotp.723992157@cs.man.ac.uk>, endecotp@cs.man.ac.uk (Phil Endecott) writes:
- |> Can anyone think of a use for the branch if even and branch if odd
- |> instructions on the Alpha? I'm completely baffled.
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- It's a VMS-ism. All VMS routines return a completion code. If it's
- odd, the routine succeeded (and there are oodles of ways it can
- succeed, sometimes); if it's even the routine failed.
-
- All very smooth and neat - VMS has some dinkum ideas in there if you
- pay attention.
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