Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!olivea!tymix!cirrusl!sunstorm!dhesi From: dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: a style question Message-ID: <2546@cirrusl.UUCP> Date: 7 Oct 90 03:28:19 GMT References: <7341@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <1990Sep30.050655.13212@zoo.toronto.edu> <4762@navy8.UUCP> <537@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US> Sender: news@cirrusl.UUCP Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc. Lines: 18 Q: Given two equally-talented teams of programmers, one using C and one using assembler... A seriously flawed question. (a) Either compare "compiler" with "assembler", or compare "C" with "assembly language". (This is admittedly a small point, but it's a point.) (b) When speed and programming efficiency are both a concern, it's silly to program only in C or only in assembly language. One writes in a high-level language and then optimizes inner loops with assembly code as appropriate. The old controversy became moot when people realized this. -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: oliveb!cirrusl!dhesi