Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:17953 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:670 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!utastro!nather From: nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: using (ugh! yetch!) assembler Keywords: PKARC ZOO Message-ID: <3000@utastro.UUCP> Date: 11 Aug 88 14:14:10 GMT References:<356@marob.MASA.COM> <2663@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 17 In article <2663@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, ralf@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown) writes: > In article <4452@saturn.ucsc.edu> spcecdt@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Space Cadet) writes: > }The only reason I prefer PK*** over > }ZOO is that PK*** is, in my experience, about twice as fast. > > Most of the speed difference comes from the fact that ZOO is written entirely > in C, while PK*** is written mostly in assembler. Something to ponder while waiting at the keyboard ... -- Ed Nather Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin {backbones}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather nather@astro.as.utexas.edu