On Thursday 22 March 2007 23:24, Richard Kenner wrote: > > 1. We can go to 9-bit codes. They're slower, independent of checking. > > Maybe we can make bitfields go faster, and get some of that back. > > I think it worth understanding why this is. One or even two instructions > should be lost in the noise on a modern machine when they are always > accompanied by a load.
If nothing else you've got bigger code (increased icache pressure). Paul
