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From: sl8nl
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1992 19:43

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>> Besides, Mike, you're an Amiga programmer, right?  C on the Amiga is
>> much more highly optimized than typical C compilers on the IBM.  The only
>> compilers that I've been told that do global optimizing (and have for
>> years) on the IBM is Watcom C and Zortech C...but I can't afford either.
>>
> 
> Even though Amiga 'C' compilers claim to be good, I generate 5x better code
> by hand in assembly!  :)

Well, of course.  That's why the mapper was written in assembly and not, gag,
Pascal or C.  That would be a major slowdown.

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Subject: Re: Perspective Mapper and Scaler Code...
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