Specifying Minimum Iteration Count

; Procedure Dotp with 3 arguments placed in a4,b4,a6Dotp: .proc a4, b4, a6 ; beginning of procedure .reg p_m, m, p_n, n, prod, sum, len

mv a4, p_m ; pointer to vector m

mv b4, p_n ; pointer to vector n

mv a6, len ; vector length

zero sum

loop: .trip 40 ; minimum iteration count

ldh *p_m++, m

ldh *p_n++, n

mpy m, n, prod

add prod, sum, sum

[len] sub len, 1, len

[len] b loop

mv sum, a4

.endproc a4 ; return a4