Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!think!ames!killer!elg
From: elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: C versus Assembly, which one?
Message-ID: <4507@killer.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jun 88 16:15:37 GMT
References: <56707@sun.uucp>
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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in article <56707@sun.uucp>, cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) says:
> In article <312@pedro.UUCP> pete_ashdown@pedro.UUCP (Pete Ashdown) writes:
>> Thanks for your suggestions.  I may just turn back to examining 'C'.  I
>> have already done program #1 to some extent in assembly.  Should I turn
>> back to 'C' or should I keep going with assembly?  I'd be curious to

Having written tens of thousands of lines of assembly for 8-bit machines, I'd
be glad if I never had to look at assembly language again. Have you ever tried
to maintain a large program written in assembly language? It's no picnic...
every time I want to do a revision to add a new feature, for example, I
practically have to re-learn the entire program all over again. The only good
thing about that, is that each pass through the revision loop, I end up with
about 20% more comments (to the point where the comments are threatening to
crowd out the instructions :-).

One of the things I like about the Amiga is that I only have to use assembler
in those limited instances where it makes sense -- when I have a tight loop
doing heavy-duty bit-banging, for example.

Of course, if I want my program to run in a 512K Amiga.... more might have to
end up in assembler.

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