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From: rehmi@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: movc3 is NOT always faster!
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Date: Fri, 16-Mar-84 11:22:26 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 16 11:22:26 1984
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Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if any version of movc[35]
shovels more than a byte at a time? What I'm thinking is, mightn't it
be faster (on large transfers) to movb up to 7 bytes to quad align
with respect to something, and then do the remainder with movq?

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