crew.wicklein@pro-midnightex.cts.com (Chris Wicklein) (04/18/91)
In article <1991Apr9.150402.563@latcs2.lat.oz.au> stephens@latcs2.lat.oz.au (Phi lip J Stephens) writes: >>You can't program effectively in a HLL if you don't know the hardware >>you're working on, it's limitations and it's features. >I always thought one of the reasons for using a HLL was so you could >program without having to know the grungy details about the hardware. It isn't nessary, but understanding the underlying hardware allows a programmer to know just what will execute efficiently, makes porting software MUCH easier, and lets you know when a quick and dirty assembly routine is the way to go (I use 95%+ ORCA/C, but use 65816 for ALL character level I/O to avoid the toolsets). ---- ProLine: crew.wicklein@pro-midnightex Internet: crew.wicklein@pro-midnightex.cts.com UUCP: crash!pro-midnightex!crew.wicklein ARPA: crash!pro-midnightex!crew.wicklein@nosc.mil