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From: Bruce Ellis <brucee@chu...>
Subject: alef on sources
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 20:25:13 +1000

pretty much right.  if you have any more questions about
the AMD64 then private mail is fine - i know it a bit.

hey - how's the new 8c?  i've gone a bit nutty on the
32 bit stuff that wasn't optimized very well (mul, div).

release next rainy day.

brucee

C H Forsyth wrote:

>>>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.