From: leathm AT solwarra DOT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au (Leath Muller)
Message-Id: <199703210725.RAA14357@solwarra.gbrmpa.gov.au>
Subject: Re: Weird problem
To: junk AT defeating DOT email DOT address
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 17:25:31 +1000 (EST)
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <LRn33DAUgDMzEwli@foobar.co.uk> from "Paul Shirley" at Mar 19, 97 07:01:40 pm
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> The real problem is more subtle. gcc is inherently a 32 bit compiler,
> and seems to have real problems understanding 'short's. It will
> frequently generate code to set the upper half of registers even though
> you and I know it makes no difference to the result!

Isn't this a good thing? :)  This would mean the code would run faster
because its using 32bit code, thus no prefix and no stall... now, how do
I change the code in the compiler so it doesn't do all the control word
loading/storing... ;)

Leathal.