Wednesday
Oct082008
Want to Write Better Code? Learn Assembly Language!
October 8, 2008 [Originally published 04/05/07]
I recently read an interesting quote...
The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the computer hardware industry.
-Henry Petroski
New advancements in hardware are being made at an incredible rate. Just compare the specs of the computer you're using now to the one you were using 6-8 years ago. It's quite an impressive change, isn't it? However, with all of these hardware advancements, are we really seeing a very drastic improvement on performance? Your CPU may be three times faster, but is MS Word running three times faster? Changes in software performance really aren't doing a good job of reflecting the technological advances of the past few years.
tagged Algorithm, Assembly, Programming
Algorithm, Assembly, Programming 