Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!eric
From: eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Bryce's new job ...
Message-ID: <3511@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 24 Mar 88 20:04:57 GMT
References: <25233@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Reply-To: eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 25
Keywords: smaller, tighter, faster ... do in in assembly!

In article <25233@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes:
>It just dawned on me [well, it *is* 5:00 AM] ... someone recently said (when
>refering to the possibility that CBM might incorporate the ARP stuff in a
>future rev of AmigaDOS [or was it ARexx ?]), that they (CBM) were "scared to
>death" or assembly language.
>
>While I doubt that the good people at CBM are "scared to death" of asssembly,
>it is interesting to note that assembly is Bryce's speciality!

Certainly no one here at Commodore is "scared to death" of asssembly.
However, C is often chosen as the language of choice in that it is
more maintainable.  Many low-level functions, where code size and/or speed
are critical considerations, are written in Assembler.  But please, let's
not start a C v. Assembler religious war.

-- 
	Eric Cotton
	Commodore-Amiga

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