On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Brantley Coile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> OK, let's modify b: a little as follows; >> b: >> #if JMP > 0 >> jmp bb >> #if JMP > 1 >> call b >> #if JMP > 2 >> call b >> #if JMP > 3 >> call b >> #endif >> #endif >> #endif >> #endif >> bb: > > I'm lost. So the calls never get called--they just > make the jmp reach farther? >
yep. just a spacer. Actually this lack of a delta in time is a good thing. It just surprised me, I was getting ready to argue that the cost of time in the branch was "not that bad" compared to the alternatives, and then it goes negative on me :-) ron
