Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c++:2109 comp.lang.c:14351 comp.lang.forth:663 comp.lang.fortran:1527 comp.lang.misc:2183 Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.forth,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.misc Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Assembly or .... Message-ID: <1988Nov29.181235.23628@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <1388@aucs.UUCP> <729@convex.UUCP> <1961@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> <2025@garth.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 88 18:12:35 GMT In article <2025@garth.UUCP> tom@garth.UUCP (Tom Granvold) writes: >... The most importent comment in the source code was the number >of machine cycles each instruction took. Yes we could have used a newer >faster CPU that has optimizing complier available for it, but Z80's are >cheap! Alas, if you buy your newer faster CPUs from Motorola or Intel, they can't tell you how many cycles each instruction takes! -- SunOSish, adj: requiring | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology 32-bit bug numbers. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu