Go compiler moving from C to Go

[Araq]

> Inline assembly means you have to have the assembly code for 
> each
> supported platform in the code with all the conditionals to the
> compiler. Having separate files is often much easier to manage 
> and to
> build from.
>

No, that's a completely orthogonal issue: You can easily have 
architecture dependent code in separate modules.

The point of an inline assembler is that the compiler knows 
things like field offsets and so can provide useful features no 
external assembler can. It can also inline the assembler code 
eliminating any function call overhead. Your ignorance doesn't 
make these things misfeatures.