>>Note that this trick CAN be used (though I have yet to see it
be done) on
        >>the
        >>PIC 18Cxxx architecture.

        >Don't tease... how can a PIC use this trick?

James,

The 18c series are the first PICs to have instructions that are > 1 word
long, hence it's possible to bypass the first word of the instruction
and execute the second on this family.

As much as I hate quoting continually from a single source, the most
reasonable argument of C/Asm can be found at:

http://pw2.netcom.com/~fastfwd/answers.html#OTHER00012

I particularly like points 5a and 5b.


- Andy.
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