2. For a typical program on a traditional computer, more time is spent doing procedure calls than anything else. Why are procedure calls so time consuming?
3. What ways are parameters passed on a procedure call?
4. Translate the following code to Itanium assembly language to eliminate the branch instructions by using predicate register(s).
if (R2 < R3) then
R1 = R1 + 1
else
R1 = R1 - R2
end if