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It makes it easier to save and restore state when it's basically the same registers used differently.
by userbinator 2mo ago
It makes it easier to save and restore state when it's basically the same registers used differently.
- Sesse__ 2mo agoYes. Which matters a lot when you cannot just update OS kernels willy-nilly (most people did not have Internet connectivity, Windows Update did not exist before Windows 98).