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You may look into Wikipedia or short summary for students. Everybody says that there are two instructions for the same thing. But nobody tells why?
You may look into Wikipedia or short summary for students. Everybody says that there are two instructions for the same thing. But nobody tells why?
Branches (b) use a PC-relative displacement while jumps (j) use absolute addresses. The distinction is important for position-independent code. Also, only jumps can be used for indirect control transfer (jr, using a register value).