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From: Robert Redelmeier on 28 Apr 2010 20:47
In alt.lang.asm Nathan Baker <nathancbaker(a)gmail.com> wrote in part:
> "Robert Redelmeier" <redelm(a)ev1.net.invalid> wrote in message
> news:hr8ak7$vhk$1(a)speranza.aioe.org...
>>
>> modes. Less if you are desparately counting cycles on an 8088
>> (jmp saves a jmp after the ret).
>
> Don't you mean that a 'jmp' saves a 'ret' after a 'ret'??

No. This is the code I'm contemplating:

# other startup code
keyloop:
# wait/get keycode, error check and adjust
jmp [ebx]

A_code:
# instructions to execute cmd "A"
jmp keyloop

B_code: .......

>
> For nested calls, the final call can be replaced by a jmp. E.g.:

SOunds like that'll misalign the ESP stack and the hw call/ret stack.

-- Robert

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