Re: Folk Theorem: Assemblers are superior to Compilers

elliottm@csulb.edu (Mike Elliott) writes:
> Folk Theorem 1:
>[assembler code is faster than compiled code]


      [ ... ]


I think there are two relevant points.


First, a highly-skilled assembly language programmer can, indeed, produce
better code than a compiler. However, there are many fewer highly-skilled
assembly language programmers than most people realize.


Second, even if there were many highly-skilled assembly language
programmers, who always produced better code than any compiler, and even
if portability were of no significance, the lower productivity of assembly
language programmers would lead to the widespread use of higher level
languages.
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                                                                      Dan Prener (prener@watson.ibm.com)
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