> No it won't. > > One CPU for which it's virtually IMPOSSIBLE to write assembly is the > Itanium. And it seems VLIW is the wave of the future. > > Imagine: on a PentiumPro and up, you just need to keep in mind the > instruction pairing rules (e.g. which instructions are parallelizable). On > Itanium it's not pairs -- but EIGHT instructions that have to be issued at > the same time. What's more, it's NOT optional, but MANDATORY, otherwise > performance goes into a hole. > > I would be the first to shake the hand of the brave soul who tries to do > anything large in Itanium assembly. =)
ItaniumT Architecture Assembly Language Reference Guide Software developers will develop applications using high-level programming languages and depend on ItaniumT compilers for optimization. However, when developers do need to program in assembly language, they should refer to the "Itanium Architecture Assembly Language Reference Guide." This document provides details on syntax and conventions used to write assembly language code conforming to the Itanium instructions. fooler. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
