Originally Posted by justanoldmuso
lmao...nah assembler all the way...

i hate all the distributables re some compilers....more bloat.
i like compilers that create standalone exe's....and no run times to worry about.
This is now way off topic, so I'll keep it short.
I've tested several compilers against the code I'd create in assembler and there's usually not much difference ... sometimes the compiler does a better job than me, especially after a change to the code. Only when I must be assured of the absolute quickest or smallest will I spend time at assembler level. There are also lots of different CPUs and assemblers and I can't hope to be best at all of them, especially when working cross-platform.

Yes, lots of distributable libraries have bloat. Better to compile the libraries for the task than load a distibutable one, but pragmatism is relevant here.

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