Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 21:48:14 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no> Cc: Rodrigo Ormonde <ormonde@aker.com.br>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Assembler with FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9809032147070.360-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpk93lxhku.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no>
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On 3 Sep 1998, Dag-Erling Coidan [iso-8859-1] Smørgrav wrote: > Rodrigo Ormonde <ormonde@aker.com.br> writes: > > I have to write a few high speed routines in assembler to run on a > > FreeBSD box. I used to program in assembler to DOS, so I think I have the > > necessary knowledge to do it on FreeBSD. > > Why do you want to do that? FreeBSD isn't DOS. Your assembler routine > is unlikely to be significantly faster than the corresponding C code > compiled with 'gcc -O3'. I don't see gcc -O3 producing hand pipelined MMX 3D renderers anytime soon. Assembler has its niche and it will never disappear. The niche might get smaller but it will still be there. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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