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From: Ben Pfaff <blp AT cs DOT stanford DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: gcc 2.953 output - is this a bug?
Date: 07 Feb 2002 14:00:42 -0800
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Mark McIntyre <markmcintyre AT spamcop DOT net> writes:

> On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 02:31:00 GMT, CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
> wrote:
> 
> >Please look at the following disassembly:
> 
> I'm mystified as to why you thought this was topical in CLC .....
> 
> > 585:   8d 04 d2                lea    (%edx,%edx,8),%eax <<***
> > 588:   8d 04 82                lea    (%edx,%eax,4),%eax <<***
> 
> if gcc created this, then its badly broken. My vax has no edx
> register, nor does my mac, nor palmpilot, etc etc 

I wonder why you think that GCC should output code that assembles
on PCs, VAXen, Macs, and PalmPilots all at once.  It doesn't, and
it wouldn't be possible anyhow.
-- 
"I ran it on my DeathStation 9000 and demons flew out of my nose." --Kaz