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SPARC No.109764957
SPARC  No.109764957 Archived
>more registers
>more data to save to RAM on task switch
What were they thinking?
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Anonymous
 No.109765450
 No.109765450
>>109764957
Big Iron didn't need a reason in those days.
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Anonymous
 No.109765935
 No.109765935
SPARC has register windows, which is a real oddity the first time you see it
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Anonymous
 No.109766737
 No.109766737
>>109765935
Exactly. So each function call uses a new register window but windows are limited so when you run out of register windows you need to save and restore register windows to memory.
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