On Fri, Feb 04, 2011 at 12:03:17PM +0000, ba...@e-allen.me.uk wrote: > In article <4d4be8bb.7040...@druck.org.uk>, David J. Ruck > <dr...@druck.org.uk> wrote: > > Coding in assembler is a big disadvantage for any sizeable amount of > > code. You wont find any modern web browser written in assembler, it > > would be insane. > > Perhaps that is the only way that a programmer knows? I think that > StrongEd is written in Assembler and I don't think that Fred Graute, > the current maintainer, knows any 'C'? Or perhaps he is just insane.. > :o)) Or perhaps I'm wrong..
Insane's it. There was /some/ reason to write applications in assembler when all we had were 4MHz ARM2s. These days we don't, and we also have freely-available high-quality compilers. Writing things in C is /significantly/ easier than assember assuming it's not just some trivial toy. And it also means your code is useful elsewhere. Talking about the performance of NetSurf, a journalist on the Ziff Davis Network recently said NetSurf is one of the fastest web browsers you'll find: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/desktop-apps/2011/02/04/top-10-linux-browsers-how-i-rate-them-40091669/10/ (Although the chap is clearly confused about something, as he thinks plug-in support is a web standards compliance issue.) B.
