> 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.  

IMO programming in that way *is* programming is assembler. It might be a
good idea to do that (programming in assembler) from within a compiled
language to avoid switching to a different tool, but for the discussion
such programming should not be considered HLL programming.

Out of curiosity: does the control the programmer has extend to things
like memory position and alignment (for PIC jump tables, or for ARM code
fetch optimization)?

Wouter van Ooijen

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