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James Gregory 2013-12-31 11:38:48 +11:00
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@ -78,10 +78,12 @@ also lines, at a rate of three instructions for every two characters!
**LISTING 13.1 L13-1.ASM**
mov di,[bp+OFFS] ;get the next pair of characters
mov bl,[di] ;get the state value for the pair
add dx,[bx+8000h] ;increment word and line count
; appropriately for the pair
```nasm
mov di,[bp+OFFS] ;get the next pair of characters
mov bl,[di] ;get the state value for the pair
add dx,[bx+8000h] ;increment word and line count
; appropriately for the pair
```
Listing 13.1 looks as tight as it could be, with just two one-cycle
instructions, one two-cycle instruction, and no branches. It *is* tight,
@ -113,10 +115,12 @@ the intervening instruction takes two cycles, there's no penalty at all.
**LISTING 13.2 L13-2.ASM**
mov bl,[di] ;get the state value for the pair
mov di,[bp+OFFS] ;get the next pair of characters
add dx,[bx+8000h] ;increment word and line count
; appropriately for the pair
```nasm
mov bl,[di] ;get the state value for the pair
mov di,[bp+OFFS] ;get the next pair of characters
add dx,[bx+8000h] ;increment word and line count
; appropriately for the pair
```
At this point, Terje had nearly doubled the performance of this code
simply by moving one instruction. (Note that swapping the instructions