Re: Programming Books and such (was Re: Becoming a "Super User")

[guenter@student.uni-kl.de (Marvin)]

Urs Hochstrasser (hochstrasse@ubaclu.unibas.ch) wrote:
: I recently rediscovered (using assembly after having used C) that assembly
: is faster -- the execution speed, not the programming :-)  -- than any
: high-level-language, even on a GS. OK, thou shalt not generalize, but I
: believe this is a strong point in favor of assembly programming on the GS.
: On the other side you never finish your project because you have to deal
: with petty details all the time... :-)

I guess a good mixture of both will be the best programming style. Use C
and call small assembly routines when you need the extra speed. Some
not-so-slow arcade games like Ancient Glory have been created with this
hybrid programming style. So you will have to use Assembler (Yuck!) only
where it is really necessary.

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