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From: C H Forsyth <forsyth@vit...>
Subject: alef on sources
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 09:05:49 +0100

>>far as i can tell. amd64 is not all that attractive to
>>me any more because of the intel ISA and the lack of gp
>>registers.

to be fair, there are a few more registers in the AMD64, R8 to R15 i think, with vaguely
general application, although some of the old register restrictions apply.
there is also a more conventional model for floating-point.  best of all,
new prefix bytes allow you to end up with magnificent 15-byte instructions!  such magic!
no other architecture is like it.

i look forward to having my loft warm in winter.