maven wrote:
>well... the trick isn't to use assembler, rather plain c or something
>like that. it would rather hard to maintain a prog as complex as a
>browser written in assembly. would not fit in with their
>multi-platform philosophy, either...
I didn't say write it entirely in assembler - you're right, that would be
very hard to do. A main procedure written in the high level language of
choice that calls lots of machine code subs is the best way (IMO) to write
efficient apps. Compiled C doesn't have a hope of running as fast or in as
little memory as the same task written in assembler.
As for cross platform compatibility, you do have to sacrifice that for the
ultimate in efficiency. I think the Netscape project was based on x86
architecture (what else is there, after all??).
-cb -> posting seriously off-topic crap now, and hereby apologising
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