[beyond the sea]

Writing the Fastest Code

Where is the ASA pingeroo???

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Kazushige Goto's software runs many of the fastest supercomputers.

[Poser]

Wow! Somebody still cares about writing fast code that isn't bloated with crap. Well done!

[ShadowAce]

[martin_fierro]

10 PRINT "That's cool!"
20 GOTO 10

[antiRepublicrat]

The best was Slashdot's title for this -- "Goto Leads to Faster Code"

Well, it is funny if you're a programmer.

[Salo]

From my college days....(I think I remembered this right).

Q: If you use goto in you code you will receive...

A. Goto C
B. Goto E
C. Goto B
D. Goto F
E. Goto D
F. F.

[Buggman]

"It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of coffee that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion."

[HAL9000]

Still, the Goto Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines, or BLAS, as his programs are known, were used by 4 of the world's 11 fastest computers.

BLAS is included with Mac OS X, and it runs fine on G4 and G5 PowerPC-based Macs, and the forthcoming Intel-Macs.

Most of the tricks Mr. Goto uses for writing high-performance code are described at developer.apple.com. Anyone who is experienced at writing assembler language code can probably figure this stuff out. Basically, you have to arrange the instructions to avoid stalling the processor, and use data streaming mode correctly.

[SunkenCiv]

Authoring Windows Applications In Assembly Language
Steve Gibson
http://www.grc.com/smgassembly.htm

Small Is Beautiful?
http://www.grc.com/files/sib.zip

Jon Kirwan's PC Assembly Programming
http://users.easystreet.com/jkirwan/pctools.html
http://users.easystreet.com/jkirwan/new/pctools.html