[net.micro] Big C is problem on 8086 too

knudsen (09/17/82)

The "big C" probelm exists on the 8086 too.
Granted, it doesn't have as many regs as the 68K,
but still, I wish our 8086 C compiler would at least remember what's
in the %ax (accumulator).  Our compiler doesn't permit "register"declarations,
so every reference to a variable (like repeated tests for equality
to various constant values) causes the %ax to be reloaded from RAM,
usually via the stack frame.
I wish there were some way to dodge this and other time & space wasters.
	mike knudsen	ihnss!knudsen