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| Subject: | Re: Alternatives (was: [gislist] ArcGIS 9 -
recommendpostponinginstallation) |
| Date: |
06/01/2004 03:25:01 PM |
| From: |
Brian Russo |
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Also with modern compilers and architectures unless you are very good at
assembly, it's usually better to write it in a HLL and let the compiler
do the work.. At least most programmers I see being churned out barely
grok assembly at all.. Anyways, with some exceptions.. its more often
the programmer/architect that is at fault, by using absurd data
structures and lousy algorithms, rather than a "slow" HLL.
- bri
At Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 03:06:42PM -0500, Sonny Parafina wrote:
> When compiled it does become machine code. High level languages allow
> developers to write that can be compiled across multiple target
> architectures instead of coding just for one. If your architecture is
> constrained for a specific device/processor then it becomes practical.
>
> GRC writes its software in assembly because their utilities deal with
> relatively low level operations, this makes sense for what they are doing.
> However, writing a more "generic" or user customizable program such as a GIS
> would not be cost effective in terms of writing for each and every hardware
> architecture.
>
> sonny
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gislist-bounces@lists.thinkburst.com
> [mailto:gislist-bounces@lists.thinkburst.com]On Behalf Of Anthony
> Quartararo
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 11:56 AM
> To: gislist@lists.thinkburst.com
> Subject: RE: Alternatives (was: [gislist] ArcGIS 9 -
> recommendpostponinginstallation)
>
>
> On a related tangent, I think, and not being a programmer, a big "your
> welcome" for any knee-slapping laughs this questions generates, but why/why
> aren't GIS applications developed in machine/assembly language ? I
> frequently visit www.grc.com for nifty tools, and have always been impressed
> with their technical resources, and they exclusively use machine language to
> keep things fast. Granted, their applications are very focused and
> single-tasked, but why couldn't that development model be scaled to
> something as robust as a full GIS ? Ok, when you recover fully from the
> laughter, you can let me know....
>
> Anthony
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