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Date:	Thu, 04 Feb 1999 02:51:17 -0500
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From:	Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
Subject:	Re: Question about long long math on intel archs
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At 05:18 PM 2/2/99 -0800, you wrote:
>movl y, %eax
>addl %eax, x
>movl y+4, %eax
>adcl %eax, x+4

I assume adcl uses the carry from the first add?
This leaves one question. If the result of the adds is left in eax it never
gets saved and the second add clobbers the result of the first one. Or does
addl/adcl put the result in the address at right, x and then x+4?
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