[vorbis] RC3: I'm impressed

[Nathan I. Sharfi]

On 15 Jan 2002, Hongl Lai wrote:

> On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 00:33, Craig Dickson wrote:
> > Joel wrote:
> >
> > > What about translating some critical functions to hand optimized
> > > assembly.
> >
> > Goodbye, portability. Hello, 5% speed increase. Probably not a good idea.
> >
>
> #ifdef x86
>   insert asm code here
> #endif /* x86 */
>
> Hello, portability. Welcome, speed increase.

Considering the rate at which processors get faster and cheaper, do you
really think this is worth the hassle and time?

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