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

[Phillip Hutchings]

On 7/11/07, Cliff Pratt <enkidu at cliffp.com> wrote:
> 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.

When you're creating the first compiler for an entirely new platform
you have to write _something_ in assembler. GCC won't magically output
valid code for an unknown platform.

-- 
Phillip Hutchings
http://www.sitharus.com/