transfer of control
conditionals
- comp R1 R2
compare the contents of registers R1 and R2
put the result in the special condition register
jump instructions
- jump X
transfer control the the label x
- jump R1
transfer control to the address contained in register R1
- jump.eq X
transfer control to X only if the condition register holds eq
- jump.gt X
transfer control to X only if the condition register holds gt
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