Registers on the VAX 11/780?

[Ken Arnold%CGL]

In article <704 at lll-crg.ARPA> brooks at lll-crg.ARPA (Eugene D. Brooks III) writes:
>>>into registers, but how many register variables can I declare in a function
>>>on the VAX 11/780?  Usefully, that is.
>> 
>> However, to answer the question -- 5.  The rest of the registers are
>
>Strange answer!  My version of Vax pcc allows 6, with each double precision
>value taking up 2.

Okay, already!  I made a typo!  I was concentrating on the first part of
the message, about how this is an irrelevant piece of information.  I just
didn't proof this part, obviously.  Mea culpa!  (How many times can I write
on the bullitin board "6, not 5"?)

		Ken Arnold