I'll be looking forward to seeing your implementation in the near future, then. :-)
- Simon 2008/10/9 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On Oct 8, 8:42 pm, "Simon Ask Ulsnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> It's not really a question of speed, as much as generating code that >> doesn't segfault half the time. >> > > I'm afraid that's a total myth. > > Writing safely in assembler is not intrisically harder than writing > safely in C/C++: in both cases you just need very close attention to > detail. People with Attention Deficit Disorder should not apply for > the job. (Nor for any other job in computing, for that matter.) > > The fact that there is *more* detail to hold in mind when programming > in assembler is only a difference of degree, not fundamental. Because > C/C++ is a slightly higher level language than assembler, you end up > writing larger applications in it, so the degrees of complexity of > what you attempt even out. In both cases, you have to exercise care > and adopt good programming styles and modularization to manage > complexity, or you're dead. > > But to suggest that writing native code generators is somehow a black > art and that they typically segfault all the time is a total > travesty. All you're highlighting there is that sometimes people work > in an area that is beyond their competence. Well yeah, welcome to the > human race. ;-) > > Morgaine. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ v8-users mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
