> The comfort or discomfort of the ASSEMBLER programmers is not significant in > this context, in my believe. Due to pipelining and cache issues, > clever compilers will sooner or later outperform hand-written ASSEMBLER > programs.
The z196 is able to 'reorder' instructions for execution. Doesn't that diminish the impact of pipelining issues? Then it might help programmers to keep up with those clever compilers. Did IBM publish information about the new features of the z196 processors in one of their Technical Journals? Fred! ----------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION: The information in this electronic mail message is private and confidential, and only intended for the addressee. Should you receive this message by mistake, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or use of this message is strictly prohibited. Please inform the sender by reply transmission and delete the message without copying or opening it. Messages and attachments are scanned for all viruses known. If this message contains password-protected attachments, the files have NOT been scanned for viruses by the ING mail domain. Always scan attachments before opening them. -----------------------------------------------------------------
