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- From: mhughes@comtch.spk.wa.us (Mark Hughes)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: New TOS versions?
- Message-ID: <PoBguB1w165w@comtch.spk.wa.us>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 20:20:24 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.122627.16049@crc.ac.uk>
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- naffara@crc.ac.uk (Dr. N.A. Affara) writes:
- > As I understand it, things like NVDI and Warp 9 replace parts of TOS which
- > was written in C, with bits written in assembler, which is faster.
- >
- > Would it be possible to rewrite the whole of TOS in assembler, and would this
- > make it faster than NVDI etc?
-
- Sure, but it'd be a pain in the rear, changing the system would be next
- to impossible, and bugs would be VERY hard to find and fix.
-
- With a good C compiler, it's not TOO far from hand-hacked assembly
- (maybe 20% slower than the code of an average assembly hacker)... I
- doubt there'd be much advantage to it, and it'd be a lot of trouble (and
- time - which would take some of Atari's few staff away from making new
- products)...
-
- As 3rd-party products, that kind of thing is pretty useful, though.
-
- - Mark Hughes (Caves of Steel 509-624-2078) mhughes@comtch.spk.wa.us
-