Re: Cheers for GoGo.

[Alastair Donlon <nospam [at] netsoc.ucd.ie>]

On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 10:07:27AM -0000, Foz wrote:
> > One thing gogo proves: assembly is still the most effeicient thing to code 
> > in, if you're up to it...now I've got nasm, I'll be taking a peek and the 
> > asmutils package, and considering going back to 80x86 coding. :) [against 
> > assembly language: "did someone mention they wanted portability? don't make 
> > me laugh :)"]
> 
> Finally, someone agrees with me! If I want portability then C is fine, 
> but I would rather have two streamlined packages for two separate 
> chips, because when you have the code for one chip converting is 
> relatively easy, due to you working out all the problems on the first 
> chip.
> 
> Cheers

Excuse the sarcastic tone, but what the hell are you writing that requires
such a degree of streamlining? OS internals?

Bear in mind that streamlining at the asm stage is the final stage of the
process. It requires the most amount of physical work and gains the least
amount of speedup.

A.D.
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