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09/17/05 02:31
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#101186 - Really?
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Erik Malund said:
howevet I can think of no case where using the LARGE model represent "A properly engineered system".


I'm not going to try to think of such a case since most of my work is done in assembler, but I would generally take issue with such a global, general statement that implies that simply using the large model is automatically not a "properly engineered system."

In my last project I decided to take a crack at using SDCC. I ran into some issues but luckily no show-stoppers. The processor was already chosen and had more than enough code space and on-board XRAM to let me use the large model (I think that's what it's called under SDCC) and forget about it.

No, it didn't do anything that was timing-critical. If it was time-critical, I wouldn't have been using 'C' to start with. Could the program have been a little tighter and a little faster if I had used a more efficient model? Probably. Did it matter? Not at all.

My point simply being that I don't think that it is necessarily reasonable to imply that using the large memory model is an indication of a system that hasn't been properly engineered.

Regards,
Craig Steiner


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TopicAuthorDate
compiling in SDCC on 89c52            01/01/70 00:00      
   Move some variables            01/01/70 00:00      
      all in xdata            01/01/70 00:00      
         go have a cup of coffee            01/01/70 00:00      
         If that isn't enough..            01/01/70 00:00      
            a disastrous approach            01/01/70 00:00      
            Indeed            01/01/70 00:00      
               we agree, I hope, on both points            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Pardon me for breathing            01/01/70 00:00      
                     why the need for a pardon            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Really?            01/01/70 00:00      
                           With Craig on this one            01/01/70 00:00      
                        the full story            01/01/70 00:00      
   how much            01/01/70 00:00      

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