From: "H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 12:55:49 -0700 .set noreorder .set nomacro bne $2,$0,$L7493 nop j $L2 nop .set macro .set reorder answer your question? What instruction would you like to place in the bne's delay slot? 'j' cannot go into a delay slot. And likewise, 'bne' cannot go into j's delay slot.