From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 19 16:36: 9 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 16:36:08 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from herd.plethora.net (herd.plethora.net [205.166.146.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B00FC37B400 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:36:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from guild.plethora.net (root@guild.plethora.net [205.166.146.8]) by herd.plethora.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id SAA27533 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 18:36:07 -0600 (CST) Received: from guild.plethora.net (seebs@localhost.plethora.net [127.0.0.1]) by guild.plethora.net (8.9.3/8.9.0) with ESMTP id SAA04774 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 18:36:06 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <200012200036.SAA04774@guild.plethora.net> From: seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach) Reply-To: seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Optimizations (was: Why not another style thread? (was Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen getgrent.c)) In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:03:48 +1030." <20001220110348.P43017@wantadilla.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 18:36:06 -0600 Sender: seebs@plethora.net Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20001220110348.P43017@wantadilla.lemis.com>, Greg Lehey writes: >In which processors is a function call anywhere near as cheap as a >conditional local branch? Doesn't PPC have some cases where a leaf function is basically free? -s To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message