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From: Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] SPARC (was Re: The integral type 'byte')
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:26:23 +0300
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On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 03:26:26 +0100
Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On 28.03.2025 03:03, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> > On 3/27/2025 6:59 PM, Janis Papanagnou wrote:  
> >>
> >> But there were ideas! But not only the interesting ideas (like the
> >> frame shift on the stack [SPARC]; one detail I memorized)   
> > 
> > It's been a while since I coded up raw SPARC ASM. Remember that
> > branch delay slot? Ever use it with a MEMBAR instruction? Shit
> > would hit the fan.  
> 
> As mentioned somewhere upthread I haven't ever programmed a SPARC on
> assembler level, just studied some documents. I'm not even sure the
> term "frame shift on the stack" that I used is accurate or correct;
> it's just an informal description of a technical detail that I had
> considered to be interesting. (Instead of copying parameters/results
> with function calls between callers and callee you could just shift
> a "stack window" by adjusting a register (or so).
> 
> So, no, I cannot remember a "branch delay slot". - Sorry. - Want to
> elaborate on the story?
> 
> Janis
> 

You didn't ever programmed in SPARC asm. Your reading of SPARC
documents was so shallow that you didn't pay attention to highly
visible distinguishing feature as branch delay slot.
Could I guess that you didn't ever programmed in 68K asm, x86 asm,
NS32k asm, MIPS asm etc... ? Could I guess that your reading of
respective ISA docs was also similarly shallow? Could I guess that the
only non-8-bitters that you ever programmed in asm were one or couple
of TMS3202x DSPs?