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12/16/04 15:02
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#83248 - (non-)portability
Responding to: ???'s previous message
All I am saying is, that yes that CAN be done, but it is not as easy as it sounds. This usually takes just as much time, in my experience, to do as to just starting from scratch.

Quite so.

Just like assembler allows you to write really fast, tight code, so 'C' allows you to write (relatively) portable code.
But neither of them is magic: the mere act of writing in assembler does not automatically make your code fast & tight, just as the mere act of writing in 'C' does not automatically make your code portable.

In both cases, it relies of the skill & experience of the programmer to apply the language in a tight-&-fast or portable manner.

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asm vs C            01/01/70 00:00      
   HLL            01/01/70 00:00      
      asm vs C            01/01/70 00:00      
      C and other HLLs            01/01/70 00:00      
   modern - productive            01/01/70 00:00      
   Lunch            01/01/70 00:00      
   Speed writing vs speed running.            01/01/70 00:00      
   C            01/01/70 00:00      
   Belt or suspenders?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Learn C Then...            01/01/70 00:00      
      beware            01/01/70 00:00      
   This advice is great            01/01/70 00:00      
      I love C !!!            01/01/70 00:00      
         Easy migration            01/01/70 00:00      
      3rd party            01/01/70 00:00      
   Having recently started converting...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Learning C for tte 8051 and 8-bit uC            01/01/70 00:00      
      Obviously there is a reason...            01/01/70 00:00      
         as to reasons            01/01/70 00:00      
         Obviously there is a reason...            01/01/70 00:00      
            8051 vs C :)            01/01/70 00:00      
               8051 efficiency            01/01/70 00:00      
                  a 51 for handling large amount of data            01/01/70 00:00      
               8051 vs C - answer is wrong            01/01/70 00:00      
                  addendum to post Andys above            01/01/70 00:00      
                     asm.vs.C forever            01/01/70 00:00      
                  click, click, click            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Eh??            01/01/70 00:00      
                  8051 vs C - answer is wrong            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Don't believe all you hear!            01/01/70 00:00      
                     the C myth            01/01/70 00:00      
                        myth            01/01/70 00:00      
               Then Don't Do that            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Exactly!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  why only?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Right tool for the Job            01/01/70 00:00      
   asm VS C            01/01/70 00:00      
      Which C?            01/01/70 00:00      
         ?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Handly, But            01/01/70 00:00      
            Both i think            01/01/70 00:00      
               Neither!            01/01/70 00:00      
         Compiler on a floppy?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Why do people use C?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Code Complete            01/01/70 00:00      
            Ironic            01/01/70 00:00      
      Re: asm VS C            01/01/70 00:00      
         re:asm vs C            01/01/70 00:00      
            derivatives of same            01/01/70 00:00      
               portability            01/01/70 00:00      
               re: portability            01/01/70 00:00      
                  (non-)portability            01/01/70 00:00      
                     re:            01/01/70 00:00      
                        re:            01/01/70 00:00      
   What do you want?            01/01/70 00:00      
      HLL            01/01/70 00:00      
         Personal dislike...            01/01/70 00:00      
   A comment to ASM versus C            01/01/70 00:00      

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