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- From: ghporter@NetXpress.com (Glenn H. Porter)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Machine Language & C++?
- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 02:11:21 GMT
- Organization: Digital Alpha Server NetXpress.com
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- grantp@usa.pipeline.com(Pete Grant) wrote:
-
- <snip>
- >>Also, is it worth the effort to learn assembly language for the Intel
- >(CISC) >>chipsets?
- <snip>
- >--
- >Pete Grant
- >Kalevi, Inc.
- >Software Engineering & development
-
- Pete,
- Without knowing machine language, how will you know that your code is
- as tight and as slop free as possible? Trust a utility to find the
- excess? I didn't think so.
-
- Also, who will write the new compilers when we're all too busy to
- learn the machine language for our platform?
-
- Glenn
-
-