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Not just a little dated, a lot of the examples are targeting 8086, 286, 386 or 486 CPUs, and EGA or Standard-VGA graphics cards (you know, those with 0.2MB ram)
by 0x0 13y ago
Not just a little dated, a lot of the examples are targeting 8086, 286, 386 or 486 CPUs, and EGA or Standard-VGA graphics cards (you know, those with 0.2MB ram) running on 16-bit MS-DOS. :)
Back then this was a goldmine of tricks.
But I'm sure the algorithm parts are still relevant.
- raverbashing 13y agoYes, 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 Apart from that it's a nice read and some of the outdated parts might be skipped.
- spitfire 13y agoHe 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.