Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 01:39:46 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Most wanted Message-ID: <20040306013914.D38020@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <20040305153505.74061868.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> References: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0403011839470.3269-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> <EABDE846-6EF2-11D8-AE09-000A95DA58FE@jimz.net> <20040306005744.T38020@haldjas.folklore.ee> <20040305153505.74061868.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu>
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On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Chris Pressey wrote: > 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 > Sure - but code generation is but one part of the compiler and usualy not the largest. > -Chris >
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