On May 14, 5:53 am, "J. Clifford Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 10:33 -0700, Dave Parker wrote: > > > You sound like a commercial. > > > Get Flaming Thunder for only $19.95! It slices, it dices! > > > > And while programs and libraries written in assembly may be twice as fast > > > as programs and libraries written in C, ... > > > It's a myth that they're only twice as fast. An experienced assembly > > language programmer can usually get out at least a factor of 5 by > > using tricks such as cache-coherence, carry flag tricks, stack > > manipulations, etc. > > > > ... they're real hell to maintain. > > > That's also a myth. For example, if C is easy to maintain, why is > > Flaming Thunder the only single-asset 8-by-8 shotgun cross compiler in > > the world? There should be lots of single-asset 8-by-8 shotgun cross > > compilers written in C, if C is easier to maintain. > > Not only is it the world's only "single-asset 8-by-8 shotgun cross > compiler," but according to google, it's also the world's only "shotgun > cross compiler" period. But I guess if you make up your own terminology > you're bound to be unique. :) Do you mind if I ask: what exactly is a > single-asset 8x8 shotgun cross compiler, and what makes that of any > value to me? > > Cheers, > Cliff- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
You can examine those criteria by trying to buy a chair. Is Tron good practice for Opticals? Who wants a memory lane crossing? Is compiling bad? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
