Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!amd!fortune!wdl1!jbn From: jbn@wdl1.UUCP (jbn ) Newsgroups: net.works Subject: Re: Re: slow assembly on the Sun Message-ID: <472@wdl1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 15:25:34 EDT Article-I.D.: wdl1.472 Posted: Tue Oct 16 15:25:34 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Oct-84 08:16:09 EDT Lines: 8 Nf-ID: #R:sri-arpa:-1271200:wdl1:1600003:000:339 Nf-From: wdl1!jbn Oct 16 11:13:00 1984 The slow assemblies are due to the use of an N**3 algorithm for deciding which jumps should be generated as long, medium, or short jump instructions. Sun can provide an assembler which always generates the worst-case code, which solves the problem at some cost in performance. But this is really a stopgap measure. John Nagle