Re: count2.asm


"¬a\/b" asked:

| >[The compiler can never win. If the compiler produces faster code, we
| >use that. If the human produces faster code, we use that. The best the
| >compiler can do is break even.]

| Is it possible that one can do some C code that assembly people can
| not do faster? (>0.1%) (i think yes, because i have seen that code)

A few C-coders cheat their tool with ASM-inline and _intrisinc code,
here the timing may be almost identical (depends on programmers skills).
But in general, a standard written C-source compiled program will never
ever beat or become equal to 'well written' ASM-code.

Using ASM doesn't automatically mean someone knows how to program :)

We had this comparision already here, my code was 50 % shorter and
2 times faster until the HLL-coder starts with above mentioned tricks,
then the timing became more close.

| LF CR are 10 13?

Yes.

BS 08h
TAB 09h
LF 0Ah
CR 0Dh
BTAB 0Fh

other standard text-format controls exist (<20h),
but are usually not used in normal text files.

__
wolfgang

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