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From: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu>
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On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 01:02:14 +0200 (EET)
Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Chris Pressey wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 17:17:40 -0500
> > Jim Zajkowski <jim@jimz.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Mar 5, 2004, at 6:02 PM, Daniela wrote:
> > >
> > > > But I'm so into low-level programming, that it's (sometimes)
> > > > easier for me to code in ASM than in C.
> > >
> > > Like I said, may you have a long and successful career in writing
> > > device drivers and firmware.
> >
> > Or compilers.
> 
> The majority of speed in compilers does not come from assembler
> tricks.

I know.  I was merely pointing out that firmware programming is not the
only career path for someone who specializes in assembly.

> [...]
> Pick up a compiler book - any compiler book - and you will see
> relatively little about ASM.

I don't think that's because it's unimportant.  To the contrary:

"Familiarity with the target machine and its instruction set is a
prerequisite for designing a good code generator.  Unfortunately, in a
general discussion of code generation it is not possible to describe
the nuances of any target machine in sufficient detail to be able to
generate good code for a complete language on that machine."
  -- The "Dragon" Book, pp 519

-Chris