A branch too far

[ins_ajbh at jhunix.UUCP]

Actually you can get the "branch too far" problem from big 
FOR loops as well. I feel it just another reflection of the 
sad state of the PCC based VAX C compiler. It often generates
unexpected and/or non-optimal assembly code. According to the
Berkely folks at USENIX they have made no improvements in the
compiler aside from fixing the signed/unsigned bugs. Has any 
outside work been done on fixing this turkey up.


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jim

"Work is the Curse of the Drinking Class"