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From: rmarks@KSP.Unisys.COM (Richard Marks)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Compiler Costs
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Date: 9 Jul 90 14:15:12 GMT
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I wrote a version of UUDECODE for the IBM PC.  It is used by many 
internet users.  It is written in Turbo PAscal 5.5.  I coded it very
carefully with much consideration for speed.

Then I rewrote about 5% of the code, the inner loops, in assembler and
got a 50% speed up.

Moral:  Consider implementing in your favorite higher level language;
but then recode the inner loops in assembler for perfromance.

Regards,
Richard Marks
rmarks@KSP.unisys.COM