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   Kerr-Mudd, John to Paul Edwards   
   Re: seg keyword   
   25 Nov 22 12:23:49   
   
   From: admin@nospicedham.127.0.0.1   
      
   On Thu, 24 Nov 2022 12:36:16 -0800 (PST)   
   Paul Edwards  wrote:   
      
   > On Friday, November 25, 2022 at 1:06:23 AM UTC+8, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:   
   >   
   > > > movsw is available, but it didn't seem to buy anything   
   > > > more than I already had.   
   > > >   
   > > Fine. but it would avoid loading seg registers unneccessarrilly (delete   
   > > duplicate letters to suit).   
   >   
   > Is that for performance reasons?   
   >   
   > Thanks. Paul.   
   >   
   No, it just avoids Pushing & Popping ds; your choice.   
      
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