Binyamin Dissen wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:53:03 +0200 "Sven Pran" <no.direct@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
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> :>Never use ST in situations like this (when the alignment of &FLD
> :>is unknown), use STCM instead:
>
> :> STCM 1,B'1111',&FLD
>
> Checks his watch. Yes, it is 2007.
>
> This has not been an issue since the 370.
....which introduced the STCM instruction.
> There are very few instructions which require alignment.
The assembler error message for bad alignment still occurs, and if you
suppress it arbitrarily, you can lose performance in other places.
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