Re: assembly

From: Randy Howard (randyhoward_at_FOOverizonBAR.net)
Date: 06/29/04

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    Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:53:46 GMT

    In article <VOiEc.6124$aj6.66542683@news-text.cableinet.net>,
    saint_abroadremove@removehotmail.com says...
    > Randy Howard wrote:
    > > Alf P. Steinbach wrote:
    > >
    > >>and also putting aside the questinable idea of using a good C++
    > >>compiler as just a C compiler,
    > >
    > > C++ is not the same as C, it's not as portable as C, and it was not appropriate
    > > for the task at hand. Put your religious opinions away until Sunday (or your
    > > designated day of worship) please.
    >
    > You're missing the point.
    >
    > Alf wasn't telling you to use C++, instead, he was trying to point out
    > that you were using a _C++ compiler_ to compile _C code_. IOW, you can't
    > really complain if performance wasn't optimal.

    There is a reason it is sold as a "C/C++" product. The name, the
    documentation, the existence of C89 compatible libraries, etc. and support
    for compilation of building C versus C++ source programs by Microsoft
    themselves is proof of that. Because most people think of it as a C++
    only compiler is not my problem. Ask Microsoft if they support C application
    development. I have, and the answer is "yes".

    Also, I wasn't complaining, I was responding to a previous claim in this
    thread that there was no reason to use assembly. I gave a concrete example
    of how it could be. Anyone that has ever worked on OS internals knows quite
    well that it is, but very few people (as a percentage of the general
    population) do that kind of work today.

    I don't expect Microsoft to expend any effort on optimizing memcmp(). This
    thread wasn't about them at all until recently. 

    -- 
Randy Howard    (2reply remove FOOBAR)
"The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its
continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the
computer hardware industry..."   - Henry Petroski
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