discussion of X86 floating point on comp.lang.ml

Henry Cejtin henry@sourcelight.com
Thu, 19 Oct 2000 15:24:49 -0500


All in all looks good, but dynamic counts might be more useful.
I'm curious by your comment that you spill oldest floats first.  I would have
thought that you would spill those that are next used farthest in the future.
I.e., ignoring loops and branches, you know the future.