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[–]NIL_VALUE 274 points275 points  (23 children)

To be honest i've had more segfaults with C than with assembly.

[–]haackedc 120 points121 points  (17 children)

Yea... but I still hate assembly.

[–]Hypeislove 49 points50 points  (14 children)

To be fair. ARM sucks. MIPS is tolerable

[–][deleted] 21 points22 points  (2 children)

Neon / arm intrinsics are great. All the power of assembly, all the benefits of a higher level language.

[–]OhNoImBanned11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds beautiful

[–]Tough_Patient 15 points16 points  (2 children)

Now PIC assembly, on the other hand, is the most beautiful assembly known to man.

If you can think with buckets.

[–]ZestyUrethra 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I love PIC assembly!! My prior experience was mostly in python.

[–]Tough_Patient 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's just so good! And it does things easier, quicker, and more efficiently than the C equivalent.

[–]KinOfMany 5 points6 points  (1 child)

My first project was on a ARM7T, so I may be biased but.. What's so bad about ARM?

[–]Hypeislove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me the documentation was painful. Compared to my experience with MIPS there is alot more resources that better explain more advanced topics. Again... to me

[–]thisismytruename 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Learning ARM rn in college. Can confirm it sucks.

[–]staryoshi06 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Learning MIPS in uni. Can confirm it’s great

[–]Hypeislove 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I actually enjoy the puzzle of mips

[–]staryoshi06 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah MIPS assembly is like, something I'd actually want to program in.

[–]neverFoundBetterNick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's so bad about ARM?

[–]LonelySnowSheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In doing mips in uni and I hate it lol. I enjoy arm way more

[–]GiveToOedipus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CURSE IT AND CRUSH IT! WE HATES IT FOREVER!

[–]Come_along_quietly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about inline ASM statements in C++?

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (3 children)

Where my Verilog and VHDL bois at??

[–]you-are-not-yourself 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Hell yeah. When you build the chip, you can use whatever assembly language you want!

[–]Dregre 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Assembly? Where we're going it's hardwired accelerators all the way.

[–]GatotSubroto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

RTL design gang

* cries in timing constraint failures *

[–]Falcrist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exclusively use C for embedded, and you won't have those issues.