Re: indirect jmp

ganeshb@xxxxxxxxx wrote: 
I am not trying to solve any problem. I am just wondering why indirect
jmp is kept in an instruction set.

This group is nothing to do with the whats and whys of processor instruction sets, only to do with the C language. So, as far as I can see, any such wondering is not relevant here.
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