Re: What micros do you actually hate to work with?

Didi wrote:
Without exception, anybody who claims assembly language is universally
a better choice than C is not factoring in all the costs of either
alternative.

I do not claim this.
For one time utilities and stuff C and many other hll-s can be
the better option. It can be the only option if the assembler for a
given
architechture is a nightmare. It can be the better option if a given
architecture is a mess so it has to be hidden - like x86, which is
the main reason why C is popular today.
I work with architectures I can accept (and I have paid my price for
opting not to accept what has been attempted to be driven down
my throat), have used assembler for many years, the VPA I use now
is more a compiler than an assembler, but retains the "alphabetic"
vs."hieroglyphic" nature.
Again, without concrete examples this is just birthday party talk.

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larwe wrote:
Didi wrote:

The way I program makes my code 10+ times more efficient than
what is done in C, and I have invariably been a lot faster than
Without exception, anybody who claims assembly language is universally
a better choice than C is not factoring in all the costs of either
alternative.


C predates the x86.
Remember HLLs where made by ASM programmers who did not like the limits of ASM. Remember their memory was more limited than some low end single chip micros are today.
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