My 12 year old does!! Dave Gomez On 8/1/02 7:28 AM, "Brandon Stewart" wrote: > 14 YEAR OLD KIDS PLAY WITH MCU'S? >>> 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 >> >> -- ------------------------------------ >> http://www.voti.nl >> PICmicro chips, programmers, consulting >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics >> (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics >> >> > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics