kroc, 3 months ago

@jacqueline We should never have ventured beyond 8-bit computing, we could have all been gods

bsmaalders, 3 months ago

@jacqueline Agreed. The only legitimate reason anymore for "hand rolled assembly" is using instructions the compiler won't emit - typically privileged ones, if one is an OS developer, or some fancy vector ops gizmo. Ok, I guess we can also admit the first bootstrap port of a C compiler to a brand new architecture :).

mid_kid, 3 months ago

@bsmaalders @jacqueline fun or simply preference are not "legitimate" reasons? When did everyone get so serious all the time?

jacqueline, 3 months ago

@mid_kid @bsmaalders programming for fun now illegal due to the economy sorry :(

deshipu, 3 months ago

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mid_kid, 3 months ago

@deshipu @jacqueline Similarly, people overestimate what compilers can do

deshipu, 3 months ago

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mid_kid, 3 months ago

@deshipu @jacqueline Both. There's a lot of things that are just hard for a compiler to optimize, that a human can help with. Sometimes this leads to "worse" code or compiler-specific tricks. A compiler can't reason on semantics and know what the programmer intended.

piggo, 3 months ago

@deshipu @jacqueline ok but admit you feel proud of your hand written assembly, just because of the time and effort it took to write. Doesn't matter it runs like ass