[ale] Assembly & C

[Christopher Fowler]

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 08:20:13AM -0700, Stephen Turner wrote:
> well using asm just seems cleaner and for smaller apps i know ill have
> time on my hands to optimize :D not to mention i want to hex edit things
> and that requires asm knowledge right? or am i loosing my marbles? in any
> case asm isnt needed its just desired, call it a sadistic hobby :D no pain
> no gain.

Sure its needed.  You'll need it to toggle the CPU in and 
out if protected mode.  You'll need it when dealing with interrupts.
You'll need it when loading and executing your kernel from floppy.

ASM is not needed by an application programmer.  A systems programmer 
may require it.