Note that I said that an assembly programmer can generatebetter code than a compiler, not will generate better code.While it is true that good assembly code is better than good compiledcode, it is also true that bad assembly code is often much worse thanbad compiled code; since the assembly programmer has so much controlover the program, he or she has virtually unlimited opportunities towaste cycles and bytes. The sword cuts both ways, and good assembly coderequires more, not less, forethought and planning than good code writtenin a high-level language.