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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
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Subject: Re: gnat/ppc and a32 blt transfers
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 05:02:44 GMT
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In article <3A01C76C.86CEA181@mindspring.com>,
  Al Johnston <sofeise@mindspring.com> wrote:
> I am not sure what to make of the "if you want to program in
> asm..." remark....  All I was doing here was accessing
> memory...


There is no such thing as "accessing memory" in Ada, the
definition of the Ada language is at a much higher semantic
level, and the compiler can produce any sequence of code
that meets the semantic requirement using the standard
instruction set of the machine. if you have some definite
requirement, as in this case, for issuing specific sequences
of machine instructions, that should be programmed in
machine language insertions, or in assembly language.


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