Re: CONUNDRUM.

Systemkennung Linux (linux@mailhost.uni-koblenz.de)
Thu, 13 Feb 1997 01:50:46 +0100 (MET)

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> > First guess Alexey. Linux crt0.s doesnt align the stack on an eight byte
> > boundary.
>
> Any reason why it shouldn't? Could this simple thing case a >10%
> performance drop for some applications? If so why wasn't this noticed and
> fixed long ago?

Alan's first guess makes sense in that the Fortran people have been
complaining about exactly that problem for quite some time.

Ralf

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