Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!ucsd!pacbell.com!att!ucbvax!UTCVM.BITNET!JWANKERL From: JWANKERL@UTCVM.BITNET ("Josef W. Wankerl") Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: HLLs vs. Assembly (was Re: IIgs Unzip thing) Message-ID: <9104041653.AB15986@apple.com> Date: 4 Apr 91 16:44:55 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 33 On Wed, 3 Apr 91 15:59:44 GMT Jerry Shekhel said: >I doubt it. Modern OS's with their multitasking and inter-process >communication capabilities are much more complex than most application >programs. They have to manipulate process lists, maintain I/O request >queues, use statistical methods and even heuristics to re-prioritize tasks, >etc. And I'm not even talking about things like graphical window management >and such. Don't tell me all these things are easier to code in assembly >language than, say, C. ACK!!!! "Easy" is a relative term. I could probably code something much faster in C, but I could do a much better job in assembly (on the IIGS, other architectures may vary.) Saying it's easier in C than assembly - well - the concepts are all the same, I can implement a linked list and queues and binary trees and all sorts of other nifty constructs with assembly, and I have lots more flexibility with my assembly constructs, too. ...and sometimes the easy way out isn't always the best way. >-- >+-------------------+----------------------+---------------------------------+ >| JERRY J. SHEKHEL | POLYGEN CORPORATION | When I was young, I had to walk | >| Drummers do it... | Waltham, MA USA | to school and back every day -- | >| ... In rhythm! | (617) 890-2175 | 20 miles, uphill both ways. | >+-------------------+----------------------+---------------------------------+ >| ...! [ princeton mit-eddie bu sunne ] !polygen!jerry | >| jerry@polygen.com | >+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- ===> Josef W. Wankerl, Technical Editor for GS+ Magazine BITNET: JWANKERL@UTCVM.BITNET | America Online: JWankerl ProLine: jwankerl@pro-gsplus |-------------------------------- Internet: jwankerl@pro-gsplus.cts.com | "I am a Viking" -Y. Malmsteen