Assembly or ....

[Henry Spencer]

In article <2025 at garth.UUCP> tom at garth.UUCP (Tom Granvold) writes:
>... The most importent comment in the source code was the number
>of machine cycles each instruction took.  Yes we could have used a newer
>faster CPU that has  optimizing complier available for it, but Z80's are
>cheap!

Alas, if you buy your newer faster CPUs from Motorola or Intel, they can't
tell you how many cycles each instruction takes!
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