Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 17:07:34 -0500 (CDT) From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no Cc: ormonde@aker.com.br, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Assembler with FreeBSD Message-ID: <199809042207.RAA15514@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: <xzpk93lxhku.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> (dag-erli@ifi.uio.no) References: <3.0.3.32.19980903123603.0068c6f4@cnt.org.br> <xzpk93lxhku.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no>
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>> 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'. More specifically, many things that were best done in assembler on DOS are better done in C on Unix. I am going to write a web page later tonight that addresses the differences between DOS and Unix assembler codes, and will be sure to post the URL. Best, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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