May too many register variables hurt? (was Re: Novice question.)

[Mike Schilling]

>From article <1990Nov21.221908.19871 at cbnewsm.att.com>, by lfd at cbnewsm.att.com (leland.f.derbenwick):
> Modern hardware.  Such as the entire VAX line, Intel 80x86, Motorola
> 680x0, etc.?  None of these have "many" available registers, yet all
> are certainly modern in the sense that they are currently used and
> sold in large quantities. 
"Many" is relative, of course.  Compared to the 3 free registers a PDP11 had,
the 10 a VAX is likely to have looks like a lot.
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