>
>
> Doesn't seem like it should be a religious war, though, because the
> answer you gave is so obviously correct that it is very difficult for me
> to understand how anyone could argue with it.  Although perhaps that is
> what a religious war is -- different people having different views, and
> each one convinced that his view is obviously correct.  :-)


:)  I'm surprised that the responses have been so sparse. Perhaps everyone's
away from their keyboards.

I do all my projects in assembler. I am learning C, but I am reluctant to
use it in any real project, because I see that it adds a couple of layers of
problems to the mix.  I don't have to worry about compiler bugs, or what the
compiler will make out of my code.  I don't have to worry that changing one
statement will cause some "ripple effect" and make changes elsewhere because
the optimization now works out differently.

Frankly, I'm surprised at the relatively primitive level of the compilers
I've seen. Optimization seems pretty poorly done.

Part of it I'm sure, is how I was brought up, but I think the exposure to
the machine's internals is very important.  "Buy a bigger chip" isn't always
an option, and sometimes you really need all the performance you can get,
and a compiler isn't going to do your thinking for you here.. You have to
know what's the fastest way to get something done on THIS machine.
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