Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: net.arch,net.micro.68k Subject: Re: Re: M680*0 "small model" Message-ID: <406@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23-Jun-85 03:10:34 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.406 Posted: Sun Jun 23 03:10:34 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Jun-85 02:56:50 EDT References: <167@mot.UUCP> <1069@peora.UUCP> <1071@peora.UUCP> <2312@sun.uucp> <1178@sjuvax.UUCP> Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 10 Xref: watmath net.arch:1468 net.micro.68k:956 Actually, the 4BSD Vax assembler doesn't shrink long branches, it expands short ones. This generally (always? have't though about it enough) produces shorter code. The assembler also does branch tunneling (branch to a branch that gets you to your destination if it's shorter & faster to do so). -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251) UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland