Who are we to judge whose technique is best... Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD
'Infinite wisdom through infinite means' > On Dec 5, 2013, at 8:27 AM, Bob Woodside <ibm...@woodsway.com> wrote: > >> On 12/4/2013 5:27 PM, Jon Perryman wrote: >> I'm not saying you shouldn't use relative instructions in macro's. I'm >> saying that you'll get value from modifying programs that have multiple base >> regs. If you don't regain any registers, then what value are you getting >> from relative instructions. > > The relative branch instructions are faster: they don't suffer the > Address Generation Interlock delay that their register-based > counterparts do. So, yes, any program should benefit from converting. > > That said, the "COPY IEABRC" technique is probably best for modifying > older programs. > > ---- > Bob Woodside > Woodsway Consulting
