Me too but usually only for small leaf routines. Anything major and I would reach for Metal/C.
> On 31 Mar 2016, at 9:16 AM, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: > > Absolutely agree! > > I do have to do things in assembler from time to time, however. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of David Crayford > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 5:20 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Microprocessor Optimization Primer > > Reading that book reinforced my opinion that I would rather leave micro > optimizations to a compiler. How can you optimize for hardware that hasn't > been invented yet? In 5 years time I can just recompile my code for the new > architecture in assembly you need to rewrite. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
