wouter van ooijen wrote:

> Given sufficient time a good assembler programmer can fit an application
> in a smaller code size than a HLL programmer. Given sufficient code
> space a HLL programmer can write the same application in less time.

We make sure that any asm program can be written in equal or less space
in a HLL language before each compiler release. (This is true for the
MPC that is about to be released as well) The argument basically
is if every machine instruction can be coded in the HLL  and generates
a single instruction then any asm program can be written in HLL will generate
equal or less code.  (Compiler optimizations may reduce the generated code)

There is a link on our web site that details this approach for one of our
compilers.

http://www.bytecraft.com/downloads/C%20versus%20Assembly%20Proof.pdf

The HLL vs asm arguments are basically computers are very good at
accounting

- Per Compile full application strategy passes
- Variable re-use
- Data bases of optimization

The real power is well implemented HLL languages understand the underlying
processors registers and architecture.

Walter Banks
--
Byte Craft Limited
Tel. (519) 888-6911
 http://www.bytecraft.com
walter@bytecraft.com


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