[Info-vax] Listeners in VMS Basic, was: Re: Integrity iLO Configuration?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/12/2021 1:34 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-07-10, abrsvc <dansabrservices at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> But I wonder why MOVZWL and not just MOVL!
>>
>> IRRC, the MOVZWL will take less memory since the immediate value will be smaller.
> 
> It would be amusing if the more efficient sequences get translated
> to less efficient sequences on Alpha and above when using the Macro-32
> compiler and if a less efficient sequence on VAX actually translates
> to a more efficient sequence on Alpha and above. :-)

On Alpha both end up as:

       MOV     1, R0

Arne