Re: [AD] More AMD64 stuff

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Subject: Re: [AD] More AMD64 stuff
From: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 13:36:34 +0100

> oh yeah, now i remember reading a bit about that, coz the amd64 has so
> many more registers,

Well, only 8.  RISC processors do have many more registers.

> is that what a __fastcall does? 

Yes, it is possible to use register-based calling conventions on x86 under 
certain circumstances (GCC 3.4.x can automatically do that for functions with 
static linkage).

-- 
Eric Botcazou

References:
- [AD] More AMD64 stuff
  - From: Evert Glebbeek
- Re: [AD] More AMD64 stuff
  - From: Evert Glebbeek
- Re: [AD] More AMD64 stuff
  - From: AJ

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