Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: re-using registers Message-ID: <8327@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Jul-87 14:23:54 EDT Article-I.D.: utzoo.8327 Posted: Mon Jul 20 14:23:54 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 20-Jul-87 14:23:54 EDT References: <2803@phri.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 10 > Are there any C compilers (or other languages, for that matter) > which are smart enough to realize that rs and rp could be put in the same > register?... Any optimizing compiler worth its salt, for C or most anything else, will recognize that one. Good register allocation is a major area of concern for serious optimizers. -- Support sustained spaceflight: fight | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology the soi-disant "Planetary Society"! | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry