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Comment by masklinn

> frame pointer = 1 less register on an already set of registers under heavy strain (x86_64).

X86-64 is not under heavy register pressure strain. That idea is a legacy from x86 (plain, 32b).

x86-64 has the same register count as ARMv7 and few bothered disabling the frame pointer there, even though it’s a load-store architecture.

parent masklinn 3 years ago

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