8086 (was Re: more talking to the press.)

From: Fred N. van Kempen <waltje_at_pdp11.nl>
Date: Fri Nov 14 14:05:43 2003

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Hans Franke wrote:

> BTW: above example is exactly one thing why I hate C.
> basicly every compiler will generate a stupid loop, while
> in assembly a REP STOSW would do the trick at maximum
> speed possible.
Thats why we invented code peeking and code optimiziers,
Hans. A decent optimizer for x86 *will* know to replace
that loop with a REP-prefixed instruction.

--f
Received on Fri Nov 14 2003 - 14:05:43 GMT