On 2012-10-02 16:23, John Gilmore wrote: > The quondam > > 'must be halfword aligned' > > is now better replaced by > > 'there is a performance penalty when the halfword current-length > prefix is not halfword aligned' > > This alignment remains desirable, but it is no longer an absolute > [hardware] requirement. > Long ago I was told that it must be (in those days of yore) on an _odd_ halfword boundary.
-- gil
