> I honestly don't know whty people in general don't like assembly.

1. It does not eliminate unused (uncalled) code
2. It does not optimize (like: inline code that is called only once)
3. It does not warn when I exceed 8 (or 9, or 2, ...) stack levels
4. It does not (automatically) hack around the stack limit
5. It does not 'share' file registers used in different pieces of code
(pseudo-stack)
6. It is slower to write (general rule: lines/hour is the sam in each
langauge, HLL typically produces a few instrutions poer line fo HLL, so
it codes faster, even considering an asm coder would have used somewhat
fewer instructions)
7. It is more difficult to read
8. It is more difficult get target-independence (I know, even HLL won't
be totally target-independent)
9. It does not transparently handle coding/banking (I know: not all
HLL's do that either)
10. It is more difficult to explain to 14-year old kids
....

Wouter van Ooijen

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