> With compilers, I don't need to crack open a hex editor on every build to check the assembly.
The tooling is better than just cracking open the assembly but in some areas people do effectively do this, usually to check for vectorization of hot loops, since various things can mean a compiler fails to do it. I used to use Intel VTune to do this in the HPC scientific world.
The tooling is better than just cracking open the assembly but in some areas people do effectively do this, usually to check for vectorization of hot loops, since various things can mean a compiler fails to do it. I used to use Intel VTune to do this in the HPC scientific world.