Re:Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book
by raverbashing on Saturday November 02, 2013 @01:26PM
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Yes, it's still worth a read, the assembly parts have become somewhat historic but it's a nice explanation of the "way of thinking" that's still valid today if you need to optimise in assembly (of course, targeting it for the modern archs).
Apart from that it's a nice read and some of the outdated parts might be skipped.
Re:Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book
by spitfire on Saturday November 02, 2013 @02:41PM
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He actually made the point right in the book that the code was obsolete from a use perspective. The relevance (even today) was in understanding how the computer works so you could make tradeoffs. I still remember the video 7 story at the beginning of one of the chapters.
Those are lessons that are still relevant today.
Back then this was a goldmine of tricks.
But I'm sure the algorithm parts are still relevant.