[plug] Web database stuff - Bollocks

[Brad Campbell]

Mike wrote:
> 

> I suppose I'm fortunate in having worked in microcode and assembler
> and a few HHL - most on this list apparently haven't this wide
> spread and might dismiss flowcharts, so I can see several sides of this
> discussion and see the value of flowcharts for short (less then say
> 8K) chunks of assembler...
> 
> As I said before - It all depends.

As a geek who does both the software and hardware, and has done POCSAG
in several implementations.. I second, third and fourth the above comment.
All my microcontroller software is done in asm, always has been, always will
be. Takes about 6 times longer, and is about half the size and double the
speed of the equivalent written in C, and using a good commercial C compiler.
Take the development cost, and offset it against the savings of being able
to use a smaller/slower part in the production run of several thousand units
and asm wins EVERY time.. Thanks for playing..


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