ill effect of <register>+<constant>

[Andreas Schwab]

Paul Koning <pkoning@equallogic.com> writes:

>>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> writes:
>
>  Andreas> "Dave Korn" <dave.korn@artimi.com> writes:
>  >> I don't see how removing an unused and non-useful feature would
>  >> really count as "crippling".  I'm not suggesting it should be
>  >> disabled for ppc, but for x86, really .... what could conceivably
>  >> be the use?
>
>  Andreas> There are many more architectures besides ppc and x86.
>  Andreas> Almost all of them have numbered registers.
>
> Sure.  The question is: on how many of those do good programmers ever
> do register number arithmetic?
>
> I know of none.  I would not want to work with a programmer who did
> such a thing.

What's wrong with using the registers as a (small) array?

Andreas.

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