Re: Why do we still assemble?

hbaker@netcom.com (Henry G. Baker)
Mon, 11 Apr 1994 06:25:13 GMT

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From: hbaker@netcom.com (Henry G. Baker)
Keywords: assembler, design
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References: 94-04-032 94-04-054
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 06:25:13 GMT

bill@travis.csd.harris.com writes:
>Have you actually profiled those compilers to find out if assembly-parsing
>is really where they are spending their time?


I've noticed what fraction of the time is spent in assembly vs. cc. I
haven't determined whether the assembler time is spent in parsing. Except
for the highest levels of compiler optimization, the assembler was taking
more time than the compilation proper.
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