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Question: slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=159570&cid=13365387 Do you agree with Carmack? When is ASM "good" these days?
Asked by James (70.173.150.x) on September 18 2010, 9:04pm
Reply on September 18 2010, 10:13pm:
    Yeah, he's spot on. Compilers (even ICC) still can't generate great SSE code. Which isn't to say I'd spend time writing assembly at this point -- it's rarely worthwhile.

    Having said that, I also agree with Carmack's point that knowing assembly is extremely valuable, as it enables you to optimize your higher level code more effectively (never mind debugging, as well).
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