I'm a big time assembler and I can beat any (C) compiler
I agree with Wagner Lipnharski people are lazy these days
and want to you c compilers to do everything the easy way.

You get out what you put in saving 52 bytes I nothing. I you
smart you save more byte buy using unused memory and
fully understand what your goals are to accomplish.

//Ross


(HANWE)

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: From: Wagner Lipnharski <wagnerl@EARTHLINK.NET>
: To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
: Subject: Re: C versus asy example
: Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 7:44 AM
:
: So you just compared what the C compiler did against what YOU did
in
: assembler.
: Not trying to judge your capacity in asm, are you sure you did the
best
: you can in asm?
: Remember that what the C compiler produced was exactly an assembler
: code...
: Wagner
:
: Chris Eddy wrote:
: >
: > Fellow Technologists;
: >
: > I just finished porting a piece of Assembly to HiTech's C
compiler.  I
: > was pleasantly suprised by the results, so thought I would share
them.
: > The original Asm file assembled to use 603 words of ROM and 108
words of
: > RAM.  When converted to C, the compiler generated 557 words of
ROM and
: > 102 words of RAM ( I say word, but mean byte).  So I trimmed a
little
: > bit of RAM and ROM.  And now I don't rip out chunks of hair
trying to do
: > 16 bit math and array sorting in assembly.
: >
: > If there are any fence sitters out there, get over here on this
side of
: > the fence quick.  The water is warm and the sky is clear. This
compiler
: > will pay for itself in just a few months.
: >
: > Chris Eddy, PE
: > Pioneer Microsystems, Inc.