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Re: A problem with gforth-fast

From Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: A problem with gforth-fast
Date 2013-10-11 18:49 +0200
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Andrew Haley wrote:

> Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> wrote:
> Fascinating.  Is it simply that cos() leaves the stack pointer
> depressed?  And no-one noticed!  I guess as long as you don't call it
> too many times in a loop, no-one ever would.  :-)

It clobbers ECX.  As long as you don't keep anything of value in ECX, it 
works fine.  Apparently, GCC doesn't usually allocate ECX, which is 
precisely the reason why we use it as TOS cache.  All assembly instructions 
that needs ECX, like shifts or rep movs/rep stos do fit with the TOS=ECX.

-- 
Bernd Paysan
"If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself"
http://bernd-paysan.de/

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A problem with gforth-fast humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-11 02:51 -0700
  Re: A problem with gforth-fast Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-10-11 17:00 +0200
    Re: A problem with gforth-fast humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-11 08:54 -0700
    Re: A problem with gforth-fast Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-10-11 10:57 -0500
      Re: A problem with gforth-fast Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-10-11 18:49 +0200
        Re: A problem with gforth-fast Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-10-11 21:08 +0200
          Re: A problem with gforth-fast humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-11 12:54 -0700
            Re: A problem with gforth-fast Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-10-11 23:21 +0200
              Re: A problem with gforth-fast humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-11 23:58 -0700
        Re: A problem with gforth-fast Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-10-11 21:30 +0200
        Re: A problem with gforth-fast Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-10-12 03:06 -0500
          Re: A problem with gforth-fast Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-10-12 15:50 +0200
          Re: A problem with gforth-fast anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-10-14 17:17 +0000
            Re: A problem with gforth-fast Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-10-14 12:49 -0500
              Re: A problem with gforth-fast anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-10-15 09:50 +0000
                Re: A problem with gforth-fast Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-10-15 07:48 -0500
                Re: A problem with gforth-fast anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-10-15 13:35 +0000
                Re: A problem with gforth-fast Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-10-15 17:09 +0200
                Re: A problem with gforth-fast anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-10-16 16:36 +0000

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