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|    olcott to luserdroog    |
|    Re: CMP flags going wrong in my emu?    |
|    16 Sep 20 15:06:56    |
      From: NoOne@nospicedham.NoWhere.com              On 9/13/2020 11:13 PM, luserdroog wrote:       > I'm trying to fill out my toy forth interpreter and I think I have       > a bug in my emulator for the CMP instruction and therefore probably       > also SUB and SBB.       >       > The problem is showing up in my comparator functions       > CODE(<, less, POP(CX),POP(BX), MOVAXI(0xff,0xff), CMP(,R,BX,CX),       JL,2,INC_(R,AX), PUSH(AX))       > CODE(>, more, POP(CX),POP(BX), MOVAXI(0xff,0xff), CMP(,R,BX,CX),       JG,2,INC_(R,AX), PUSH(AX))       >       > When I test it with       >       > WORD(test2a,test2a, enter, one, ten, less, dot,       > one, ten, more, dot, ok)       >       > no matter how I permute the arguments -- changing BX and CX in the CMP       > instruction, or in the POP order, or in the test script -- the results       > never change.       >       > 0 -1 OK       >       > Here's the stack trace on the first one.       >       > ax:ffff cx:000a dx:0000 bx:0001 sp:f000 bp:1ffc si:0e1a di:0000 ip:046d       fl:0004 NC NO NS NZ       > 3b(073) cmpwt: d9(331) x:1 y:10 ->fffffff7       > ax:ffff cx:000a dx:0000 bx:0001 sp:f000 bp:1ffc si:0e1a di:0000 ip:046f       fl:0891 CA OV SN NZ       > 7c(174) jl: 02(002) <0>       > ax:ffff cx:000a dx:0000 bx:0001 sp:f000 bp:1ffc si:0e1a di:0000 ip:0471       fl:0891 CA OV SN NZ       > ff(377) grp2w: c0(300) INC ->0000       >       > The CMP produces fffffff7 which seems like the correct subtraction       > extended to 32 bits. But the JL isn't taken.       >       > Are my flags wrong after the cmpwt instruction?       >              This is a real "emu"       https://i.insider.com/5d31dff836e03c28ef338ee2?width=1300&format=jpeg&auto=webp              --       Copyright 2020 Pete Olcott              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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