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jedishrfu reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread Learning Assembly and computer architecture for x86 with
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I write a high level language package, then optimise it by hand assembling, only the critical inner loops that are intimately coupled to... -
jedishrfu reacted to rcgldr's post in the thread Learning Assembly and computer architecture for x86 with Like.
X86 instruction set is a moving target. As suggested by others, start off with what a C compiler generates. Advanced stuff like AVX512 +...
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jedishrfu reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread Learning Assembly and computer architecture for x86 with Like.
Stop trying to do it the hard way, by considering too many things. Do you have an old PC that runs C ? Download the free x86 pdf...
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jedishrfu reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread Learning Assembly and computer architecture for x86 with Like.
The easiest way to learn is to work within an existing system. Start with your friendly C compiler, one that allows you to examine the...
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jedishrfu replied to the thread I 1:1 versus 2:1 Mechanical Advantage debate.But the mass isnt balanced. If a fireman on the ground holds the rope then he will feel 200 hundred pounds of force pulling on the rope...
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jedishrfu reacted to Filip Larsen's post in the thread I 1:1 versus 2:1 Mechanical Advantage debate with Like.
You mean the distinction where pulleys and ropes are not massless and pulleys has friction? In that case you must have skipped my post...
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jedishrfu replied to the thread I 1:1 versus 2:1 Mechanical Advantage debate.Your self-haul with a single fixed pulley has a 2:1 MA in the ideal case: half the force, twice the rope. The confusion clears the...
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jedishrfu replied to the thread Is AI hype?.Looking to the past for an actor analogy brings up the popularity of the old micro computers of the 1980s. As an example, the...
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jedishrfu replied to the thread Dealing with mercury produced by hydroelectric dams’ reservoirs.As this thread has run its course, its a good time to close it to posterity. Jedi
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jedishrfu replied to the thread Trying to add a feature in my linux project.What about an evolving desktop background of photos she might like? You could do the program I mentioned earlier where it starts up and...
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jedishrfu replied to the thread When should a beginner programmer learn vims/emacs?.Your posts here are like those from the movie Little Buddha, where Jessie, a young boy and the possible reincarnation of a Tibetan...
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jedishrfu replied to the thread When should a beginner programmer learn vims/emacs?.A contractor once came to our site to customize a software product we bought. He opened a terminal session and worked quite well using...
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jedishrfu replied to the thread Documentation of (only) source code.Things discussed in your courses don't always reflect the reality of professional programmers and the stress they are under to meet...
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jedishrfu reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Documentation of (only) source code with Like.
If the comments are sufficently succinct and well thought out, they will need updating less, if ever. (A function will generally not...
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This isn't a point just against pseudocode; it's a general point against comments in the code that don't get updated when a bug is found...