From: "Michael Stewart" <mike AT reggin DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: asm code
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 22:09:52 +0100
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seth <sethpark AT bellsouth DOT net> wrote in message
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> Hello, I just started trying to learn Assembler.
> I have a few questions....
> Is adding/subtracting ect. necessarily alot faster in Asm than in C?
> Such as:
> mov ax, 5
>   mov bx, 5
> add ax, bx
>
> Would that be faster than
>
> int one, two;
> one+=two;

No.
gcc will optimise the code to the faster possible.
BTW, the above ASM is in Intel style, DJGPP uses AT&T.

> Also, could someone give me some example code on how to add four numbers
> and find the average with Asm?
>
> thanks

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