On 2005-03-27, at 00:21, linux-os wrote:
Needless to say that there are enough architectures out there, which don't even
Always, always, a call will be more expensive than a branch on condition. It's impossible to be otherwise. A call requires that the return address be written to memory (the stack), using register indirection (the stack-pointer).
have something like an explicit call as separate assembler instruction...
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