How come there is abs_i_i to put the absolute value of $2 into $1, but there's no abs_i to convert $1 to absolute?
I can write more a efficient implementation of abs_i, because I don't need to store the value back if it's already >=0. If the parrot assembler had the option of writing out abs I$foo rather than abs I$foo, I$foo then things will go slightly faster (and I suspect on all platforms, including interpreted platforms) Nicholas Clark -- Even better than the real thing: http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/
