We could remove all logical and arithmetic instructions and replace
them with a nand.  (sarcasm implied)


---Matthew Hicks


On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 3:54 PM, R. Diez <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>> Sure, but what do you mean by "get rid of"? We still need to support
>> it because it's a valid instruction in both 32- and 64-bit
>> implementations.
>
> When reading the spec, it takes a while to realise that those instructions 
> are just a register copy for 32-bit implementations, we should at least 
> reword the spec to make it clear. Like I said, they're unnecessary 
> instructions and never worked properly. Nobody will probably care if we take 
> them off the spec (for 32-bit implementations). Or is there a reason why we 
> have 3 ways to copy a register for 32-bit processors?
>
> Regards,
>   rdiez
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