Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!mucs!p4.cs.man.ac.uk!charlesw From: charlesw@p4.cs.man.ac.uk (William Charles.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn Subject: Re: Language war take#? Message-ID: Date: 8 Mar 91 10:07:14 GMT References: <814@utrcu1.UUCP> <1991Mar04.025851.718@comp.vuw.ac.nz> <1991Mar7.131549.20475@cs.utwente.nl> Sender: news@cs.man.ac.uk Lines: 24 I suppose I should add my views to this slightly ridiculous debate... a) Assembly language runs faster than C. b) A C program takes less time to write then an assembler version, and is easier to maintain. Any programmer knows the above, but I feel I have to fall on the side of the assembler hackers out there - If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing properly. Just look at Acorn DTP and CC's Impression II. Acorn DTP - Quickly hacked up in C, Large object code, Slow and bl**dy annoying to use on a 1 meg machine. Impression - Written in assembler, Small object code, Runs like sh*t of a shovel, and a delight to use even on my 310. OK Impression took ages to appear (And is still buggy), but wasn't it worth the wait? Assembler rules OK - Real programmers don't eat quiche... Will, :-).