"Richard B. Johnson" wrote:
>
Dick,
In NetWare this:
>
> One could create a 'kernel' that does:
> for(;;)
> {
> proc0();
> proc1();
> proc2();
> proc3();
> etc();
> }
would be coded like this (no C compiler):
proc0:
proc1:
proc2:
proc3:
etc:
label:
jmp proc0
I just avoided 5 x 20 bytes of pushes and pops on the stack ad optimized
for a simple fall through case.
:-)
Jeff
>
> Cheers,
> Dick Johnson
>
> Penguin : Linux version 2.2.17 on an i686 machine (801.18 BogoMips).
>
> "Memory is like gasoline. You use it up when you are running. Of
> course you get it all back when you reboot..."; Actual explanation
> obtained from the Micro$oft help desk.
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