Re: Processor specific optimisations

"Mickaël Pointier" <mpointie@eden-studios.fr>
6 Feb 2002 23:21:17 -0500

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From: "Mickaël Pointier" <mpointie@eden-studios.fr>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 6 Feb 2002 23:21:17 -0500
Organization: ImagiNET / Colt Internet
References: 02-01-077 02-01-126 02-01-151 02-01-160
Keywords: architecture, optimize
Posted-Date: 06 Feb 2002 23:21:17 EST

> [There are lots of CISC instruction sets with instructions that compilers
> never use because it's faster to use several simpler ones. The x86
> ENTER instruction is a good example. -John]


You can also consider the bitfield manipulation on the 68030, that in
general takes a lot more time to execute than the equivalent sequence
of and, or, xor and negs.


        Mickael Pointier

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