Subj : C is the most efficient p
To   : Nightfox
From : Dr. What
Date : Thu Dec 30 2021 08:27 am

-=> Nightfox wrote to Boraxman <=-

Ni> I see what you mean about assembler.  But I'd think you could also
Ni> argue that each processor's assembler is its own language, even though
Ni> there is no standard for assembler.

There sort of is.  Back in the 80's they had macro assemblers.

Think of these as in between something like C and assembler.  It looked like
assembly language, but it was "generic" (to a point).  The compiler (that's
what it was) would convert your generic assembler into the specific assembly
code for your procssor.

So, in theory, you could write one set of code for a family of processors
(Intel 80x or Z80) that could be compiled across all the processors in the
family.

I don't know if they had one that would let you write for something like the
Z80 and the 6502, though.


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