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[Ken Brakey]

This THREAD started out with me asking about a compiler! 
Total of three messages.
How it got to assembler? I DON'T KNOW!
I NEVER GOT AN ANSWER!
How can install ecgs-1.1.2 from egcs-1.0.3 without BREAKING
EVERYTHING!
Ken

Benoit Cerrina wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> you can find another example in the februqry issue of ddj where a couple of
> inline assembly code to do some large number multiplication can double the
> efficiency of said multiplication.  This was used in an article on how to
> optimize RSA computing.  By the way out of around 6 or 7 dramatic optimization
> this was the only one which included writing assembly and it was only two
> instructions.
> Ben
> 
> On sam, 22 jan 2000, you wrote:
> > Oliver Eichler wrote:
> > >
> > > Am Don, 20 Jan 2000 schrieben Sie:
> > > > I take away my question about including assembler sources. Just today I made
> > > > myself familiar with GCC inline assembler.
> > >
> > > Do you really need inline assembler? My experience with that under VC++
> > > is that you will gain next to nothing.
> >
> > Not all code must be completely portable, some of us need to talor
> > kernel
> > and driver level code for specific platforms.  Locking primatives, cache
> > line management, atomic instructions, these are a few of our favorite
> > things.
> >
> > duane
> --
> Benoit Cerrina