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0 pointsTaniwha4y ago0 comments

you have to include the branch instruction too in any comparison

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In x86 it is still one instruction: jc or jo after an addition.

And in RISC-V it's a "BLT sum,summand" after an unsigned addition, and a single branch instruction after a signed addition if you know the sign of one of them e.g. adding or subtracting a constant.

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0 pointsTaniwha4y ago0 comments

you have to include the branch instruction too in any comparison

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kccqzy4y ago

In x86 it is still one instruction: jc or jo after an addition.

brucehoult4y ago

And in RISC-V it's a "BLT sum,summand" after an unsigned addition, and a single branch instruction after a signed addition if you know the sign of one of them e.g. adding or subtracting a constant.

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