On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 05:08 +0000, Zaphod wrote: > Well, most of the Linux kernel is written in C and while there *is* a > jump (often JMP) in most asms, you should only do so if you really > need > to. JSR (jump sub routine) is a better idea in many (most?) cases.
Have to say that I feel jump is more than justified in some situations (when it's jumping to within 10-20 lines of the start position, and it's a routine that needs to be highly optimised - I'm thinking tail recursion etc.) (btw, how come nobody has mentioned python bytecode? Most flow control is jumps) Tim Wintle -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
