> > So 30% speed increase would amount to 8 months hardware lead in speed.
> > I don't think that's worth it. I also don't think we ought to rewrite
>
> Okay, having to rewrite everything every 8 months is a waste of
> effort and time. But, unless I'm overseeing something, shouldn't the
> optimizations carry across hardware speed increases? The only moment when
> you should have to add more assembly would be when supporting a new
> architecture or chip..
No, 486 is so different from Pentium that you want to rewrite assembly
in order to make it efficient.
Pavel
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