Messages in this thread | | | From | insecure <> | Subject | Re: nasm over gas? | Date | Fri, 5 Sep 2003 01:28:46 +0300 |
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On Thursday 04 September 2003 17:57, Michael Frank wrote: > Concur, not worthwhile to start using a fairly unsupported tool in the > kernel. > > As to using assembler, It is better to get rid of it but in special cases. > Todays compilers are the better coders in 98+% of applications, and if you
Better coders? Show me the evidence.
> follow some of the discussions here on the list, you will be amazed what > people do with a C compiler - all portable and much more maintainable.
Portable yes. Maintainable yes. Better code _no_.
I'd say compiler generated asm code quality can be anywhere in between of "hair raising crawling horror" and "not so bad although I can do better".
I have never seen really clever compiler yet. Writing a good compiler is a very tough thing to do. -- vda - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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