[wellylug]The top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills

Cliff Pratt enkidu at cliffp.com
Wed Jul 11 19:47:43 NZST 2007


nic wrote:
> And then there's DSP code, where _sometimes_ you want to get every last 
> bit of performance out of a platform, and recoding an algorithm in 
> assembler is the only practical option
> 
> And porting a system to a new platform: you have to write the boot code 
> in assembler, and you have to write the code create a C runtime 
> environment in assembler.
> 
You do not have to write in assembler to create either boot code or to 
create a C runtime environment. You can do it in almost any language.

Cheers,

Cliff




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