Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!rbbb@rice From: rbbb%rice@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: movc3 is NOT always faster! Message-ID: <17667@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Mar-84 17:57:37 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.17667 Posted: Sun Mar 18 17:57:37 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Mar-84 01:16:49 EST Lines: 10 From: David ChaseProbably true, but (on a 750, 4.1 version of cc) when benchmarking a suitably packaged movc3 against various versions of a C loop doing the same thing, the movc3 begins to win on 20 bytes (about 2 times as fast, it seems). On 100 byte moves it is winning by a factor of 7. Also, since everyone uses CALLS or CALLG, the registers get pushed at the procedure call. drc