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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Compiler for Z80/6510
Date: 1999/11/27
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In article <s3ti5n1a4r24@corp.supernews.com>,
  "Vladimir Olensky" <vladimir_olensky@yahoo.com> wrote:
> These IA32 SIMD extensions ...

Well I doubt there are many Ada programs which would be
affected here, these instructions are unlikely to be very
useful in the context of general purpose Ada code. I believe
that GCC 3.0 will make some attempt to use these instructions,
but my guess is that most Ada programs will not notice the
difference.

This is certainly not one of the most important targets
of opportunity for improving the quality of GNAT code on
the ia32 :-)

Actually I think most programs will see FAR more gain from the
general improvement in ia32 code that has come from rewriting
the ia32 config file.


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