From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, October 10, 2022 at 10:13:46 PM UTC+8, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
   > "muta...@gmail.com"  writes:   
   > >On Monday, October 10, 2022 at 7:22:35 AM UTC+8, Joe Monk wrote:   
   > >> > SSS AL   
   > >> >   
   > >> > Set segment shift to the value in AL   
   > >> > which must be 0 to 16.   
   > >> >   
   > >> > And GSS AL to retrieve the value into AL   
   > >> The problem with variable shifted segments (and why they haven't been   
   implemented) is that they lead to memory fragmentation.   
   > >   
   > >Not sure what you're talking about.   
   > >   
   > >This is a once-off instruction to be executed.   
   > >   
   > >There is nothing magical about 4 bit   
   > >shifts that are totally memory efficient, zero   
   > >fragmentation, but 5 bits would be   
   > >totally horrendous, unacceptable to the   
   > >whole world without exception.   
   > >   
   > >Personally I want 2 mb of memory   
   > >rather than 1 MB, and I'll wear the   
   > >slightly inferior fragmentation.   
      
   Scott, you sent the above message with no   
   content that I can see.   
      
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