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From: GB03@Lehigh
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: RE: Assembler Programming - Costs versus Ben
Message-ID: <02129021:20:42GB03@lehigh.bitnet>
Date: 3 Dec 90 02:20:42 GMT
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Programming with an assembler or in machine code is an exercise in
futility.  Any reasonable compiler will give code that is reasonably
sized and fast.  Unless you have Knowledge of execution cycles, it is
not very advantageous to use assemblers.  Many personal coding
techniques do not exploit the potential size saving methods or cycle
saving techniques.  Thus in general, any compiler will give better code
than any individual assembler writer.  Also, using a compiler will give
better transportablity than assembler.  Finally, the best way to
achieve efficiency is to develope a good algorithm.