On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:58:48 -0400, "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I think the XOR thread was started by somebody as a ruse or >a joke. XOR will always destroy the value of an operand.
You missed the part where somebody checked assembler output and found compiler optimised xor to cmp as nothing referenced the result. Grant. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/