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.
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