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From: "Edwin Purvee" <epurvee@mail.snu.edu>
Subject: Re: Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java?
Date: 1999/07/29
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Kaz Kylheku wrote in message <6atbro$jnd$1@brie.direct.ca>...
>In article <34D22794.1DEE0535@platinum.brooks.af.mil>,
>Charles W. Hall <charles.hall@platinum.brooks.af.mil> wrote:
>>Having worked with assembly code, operating systems internals, and done
>>high level programming, I don't think it is relevant for programmers to
>>know these sort of things anymore.  There is no reason to program in
>>assembler directly anymore except for highly specialized cases.   The
>
>Just because you don't use something doesn't mean that you derive no
benefit
>from knowing it.
>

There is still great use for assembler in the video game industry.  For high
intensive graphics it is sometimes necessary to optimize functions that are
creating bottlenecks to make sure that the graphics are rendured fast
enough.

Ed
epurvee@mail.snu.edu