Does anyone code in assembler today?

[myrkraverk@users.sourceforge.net]

Hi,

Well, for my part I'm programming assembly in Linux *on my PlayStation
2* so most of the discussion here simply doesn't apply to me.  I don't
have an intel processor -- nor do I know how to assembly one.

NOTE TO THE CURIOUS: Before asking about Linux and PlayStation 2 or
making any sort of remarks, please check playstation2-linux.com
first.  Funny remarks are funny -- once!

So most of what goes on on this list is simply noise to me -- but if
you're looking for application of assembly programming the PlayStation
2 is deffiently a good one.  Most commercial games are written in
combination of C/C++ and assembly, and -- afaik -- there's no compiler
for the vector processing units.


Johann

P.S.	Sorry for bad posting style, but this really isn't a Q/A mail.

jeff writes:
 > I guess most programmers work in Java one of the
 > newer object oriented languages.   Or maybe
 > Linux is not ideal for assembler and the few remaining
 > coders use other platforms?
 > 
 > The level of activity on this list and others indicate
 > the assembler community is not very active.   That
 > is one indicator.  Another is the number of people
 > interested in new programs.  Ten years ago when
 > i released a program, a large number of people
 > jumped on it to look at the code.  My release of a
 > few days ago resulted in three responses.
 > 
 > So.. maybe we are a small community which is
 > difficult to join?  That's OK, there is always a niche
 > for small fast code and as systems mature the
 > competition moves from features to speed. 
 > 
 > I think this happened to some extent with DOS.  Once
 > it matured the companies needed something new to
 > sell.  They had a problem with the competition building
 > fast programs optimized in .asm.  This happened with
 > spreadsheets and other programs.
 > 
 > Of course, the argument is that hardware is getting faster
 > and speed is no longer an issue.  Also, memory is cheap
 > and big bloated programs are best because they get into the
 > market quickly.  It is much easier to train programmers
 > in the newer languages and todays tools isolates everyone
 > from knowing much about hardware or hex.
 > 
 > So.. i wonder if it would be better to port some old DOS
 > libraries to work under X or stay with the console?  I see
 > some asm activity in graphics and games.  There is also
 > the embedded linux area...
 > 
 >  jeff (looking for an interesting asm project)
 > 
 > 
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