On Friday 11 November 2005 12:33 pm, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
As I stated previously, the C-code in Java has a lot of in-line asm calls. There is clearly a place (or so the Java implementors believe) for assembler knowhow in the development of large projects. As a COBOL programmer in the mid 1970s: PROCEDURE DIVISION. START. ENTER SYMBOLIC. --> much assember code ENTER COBOL. CALL EXIT. (Or whatever we did in COBOL to exit).
WRT: Java, I don't understand what you actually mean. Are you talking about the Java JVM? Certainly, the Java developers (like Gosling) never intended Java programs to call any other language. Because Java is essentially an interpretive language it is slower than a compiled language. But, I think your statement, that there will always be the place for assembler knowhow is certainly true. There are always places direct access to the hardware is required. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9