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From: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@timpanogas.org>
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"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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