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Re:Don't use assembly unless you're an expert by zokier on Friday April 04, 2014 @04:24AM (#7530003)
> Does code size even matter anymore? Maybe for the CPU cache

Cortex-M4 implies microcontroller. Quickly looking, the cheapest M4 chips have 32KB of flash for program memory.

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Re:Don't use assembly unless you're an expert by joezydeco on Friday April 04, 2014 @09:25PM (#7535590)
And little to no instruction caching.
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