Inherent code performance advantages of D over C?

[H. S. Teoh]

On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 08:57:42PM +0100, Max Samukha wrote:
> On Thursday, 12 December 2013 at 17:56:12 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> 
> >11. inline assembler being a part of the language rather than an
> >extension that is in a markedly different format for every
> >compiler
> 
> Ahem. If we admit that x86 is not the only ISA in exsistence, then
> what is (under)specified here http://dlang.org/iasm.html is a
> platform-specific extension.

I've always wondered about that. What is D supposed to do with asm
blocks when compiling for a CPU that *isn't* x86?? What *should* a
conforming compiler do? Translate x86 asm into the target CPU's
instructions?  Abort compilation? None of those options sound
particularly appealing to me.


T

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