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Subject: Re: nasm over gas?
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 01:28:46 +0300
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On Thursday 04 September 2003 17:57, Michael Frank wrote:
> Concur, not worthwhile to start using a fairly unsupported tool in the
> kernel.
>
> As to using assembler, It is better to get rid of it but in special cases.
> Todays compilers are the better coders in 98+% of applications, and if you

Better coders? Show me the evidence.

> follow some of the discussions here on the list, you will be amazed what
> people do with a C compiler - all portable and much more maintainable.

Portable yes. Maintainable yes. Better code _no_.

I'd say compiler generated asm code quality can be anywhere in between of
"hair raising crawling horror" and "not so bad although I can do better".

I have never seen really clever compiler yet. Writing a good compiler
is a very tough thing to do.
-- 
vda
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